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  1. Nanoparticle Catalysis: Size Matters (2015)

    Subject
    Chemistry; Environmental science

    Video podcast. Hanif Mahadi, Researcher in Edman Tsang’s group, explains how nanoparticle catalysts help use fossil fuels more efficiently and develop cleaner alternative sources of energy. [4 minutes].

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  2. Symmetry, Spaces and Undecidability (2015)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Martin Bridson, Head of the Oxford University Mathematical Institute, explains why an understanding of possible dimensions is impossible beyond the third dimension. When describing the symmetries of any...

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  3. Mathematics and Culture (2015)

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Mathematics

    Judith Grabiner describes how the 19th century saw radical change, producing new ideas of space, destroying the unchallenging authority of mathematics, revolutionising art, making relativity possible and...

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  4. Dr. Faustus: Christopher Marlowe (2015)

    Subject
    Drama; English language and literature

    Podcast. Emma Smith discusses Christopher Marlowe’s play ‘The Tragical History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus’ in the context of Elizabethan religion, the revisions to the play, and whether we...

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  5. Media Law After Leveson: Newsgathering, Data Protection and Source Protection (2013)

    Subject
    Law; Media studies

    David Erdos, Katzenbach Research Fellow at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Oxford, gives a talk for the ‘Media Law after Leveson’ workshop.

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  6. Prime Numbers (2013)

    Subject
    Mathematics

    Dr Richard Earl of the Mathematical Institute, Oxford presents a talk about prime numbers, describing what they are and discussing their role in internet security. Freely available to download as video (mp4)...

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  7. Accelerators for Neutrons (2013)

    Subject
    Physics

    Video recording of a lecture given by Dr David Findlay, head of the ISIS Accelerator Division, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, at Oxford University, on14th February 2013. Accelerators are used to produce...

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  8. Thin Ice: The Inside Story of Climate Change (2013)

    Director
    Simon Lamb; David Sington
    Producer
    David Sington; Catherine Fitzgerald; Simon Lamb
    Subject
    Environmental science

    This film is the result of geologist Simon Lamb’s desire to present the views of climate scientists in the face of increasing criticism of their work. Lamb followed scientists at work in the Arctic,...

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  9. Shakespeare’s Fools (2012 Video)

    Subject
    Drama

    Podcast. Filmed lecture. "Professor Katherine Duncan-Jones, discusses the real life characters and contemporaries of Shakespeare that inspired, shaped, and on occasion performed the various roles of the...

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  10. Maglev Train (2012)

    Subject
    Physics

    Dr Andrew Steele explains how a superconducting magnetic levitation — or maglev — train works. [5 minutes]

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