Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Crystals and lasers – The architecture of crystals (1987) What does a crystal look like up close? John Meurig Thomas uses optical and electron diffraction to reveal the crystal Crystals and lasers – The architecture of crystals (1987) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – Computers (1985) Computers were first created as calculating machines for the manipulation of numbers. Communicating – Computers (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – The integrated body (1985) The body consists of many different organs each composed of enormous numbers of living cells. Communicating – The integrated body (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – The pace of technology (1985) Communication is so important that we often want to do it quickly and over long distances. Communicating – The pace of technology (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – The bionic bat (1985) A special branch of communication involves the use of echoes to replace sight when visibility is poor. Communicating – The bionic bat (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Planet Earth: An explorer's guide – Secrets of the deep (1995) Viewed from space, one of the remarkable features of our planet is that it has continents and oceans. Planet Earth: An explorer's guide – Secrets of the deep (1995) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – Animal talk (1985) All animals depend on communication, at least for reproduction and often for a complex social life. Communicating – Animal talk (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES Communicating – No man is an island (1985) In his first lecture, David Pye introduces us to the many different ways we, humans, have devised through the course of the Communicating – No man is an island (1985) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES The message of the genes – When will pigs have wings? (1984) We are all different, in looks, in behaviour, and in our susceptibility to disease. The message of the genes – When will pigs have wings? (1984) Read more
Video CHRISTMAS LECTURES The message of the genes – Normal cells and cancer cells (1984) The growth and behaviour of cells are controlled by "actors that regulate their performance. When this regulation goes astray The message of the genes – Normal cells and cancer cells (1984) Read more
