Ranked #1
Mathematics Aspects of the Planet Earth
Mathematics Aspects of the Planet Earth
Professor José Francisco Rodrigues, Lisbon/CMAF, delivers the ASC Complexity Cluster Lecture entitled 'Some Mathematical... Read more
28 Feb 2014
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1hr
Ranked #2
Ariosto's Chivalric Romance as a Source of Italian Epic Theory
Ariosto's Chivalric Romance as a Source of Italian Epic Theory
Professor Daniel Javitch (Emeritus Prof. Comparative Literature, New York University) gives a talk for the Keble College... Read more
7 Jun 2013
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49mins
Ranked #3
Craftsmanship: Connecting the Physical and the Social
Craftsmanship: Connecting the Physical and the Social
Professor Richard Sennett (London School of Economics) gives a talk for the Keble College seminar series.
7 Jun 2013
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52mins
Ranked #4
Characterisation of Networks
Characterisation of Networks
The ASC Networks cluster visiting researcher Prof. Richard Wilson (Department of Computer Science, University of York) g... Read more
10 Apr 2013
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47mins
Ranked #5
The Flexible City: overcoming Lock-In and Path-Dependency
The Flexible City: overcoming Lock-In and Path-Dependency
Cities are epicentres of creativity and innovation but are also easily locked into patterns of infrastructure and behavi... Read more
2 Oct 2012
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50mins
Ranked #6
Creativity Lecture 8: Creativity as a neuroscientific mystery
Creativity Lecture 8: Creativity as a neuroscientific mystery
Prof. Margaret Boden (Philosophy, Sussex) delivers a lecture as part of the Keble College Creativity series. Creativity ... Read more
28 May 2012
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52mins
Ranked #7
Why the Internet won't get you any more friends
Why the Internet won't get you any more friends
Professor Robin Dunbar, Institute of Cognitive and Evolutionary Anthropology, Oxford, gives a talk as part of the Keble ... Read more
28 Mar 2012
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1hr 7mins
Ranked #8
Can the West Live with Islam?
Can the West Live with Islam?
Sir Jonathan Phillips of Keble College, Oxford, chairs a debate between Professor Nigel Biggar, Theology Faculty, Univer... Read more
17 Feb 2012
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58mins
Ranked #9
Creating Cyborgs
Creating Cyborgs
Professor Kevin Warwick from Reading University talks about his innovative research in the area of robotics and cyborgs.
8 Feb 2012
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1hr 2mins
Ranked #10
Creativity Lecture 5: The Neuroscience of Creativity
Creativity Lecture 5: The Neuroscience of Creativity
Professor Susan Greenfield explains how neuroscience can make innovative contributions to creativity by offering a persp... Read more
6 Feb 2012
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57mins
Ranked #11
Creativity Lecture 3: Creativity - Abduction or Improvisation?
Creativity Lecture 3: Creativity - Abduction or Improvisation?
Tim Ingold (University of Aberdeen) discusses his current research, on the comparative anthropology of the line, explori... Read more
20 Jun 2011
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41mins
Ranked #12
Creativity Lecture 2: Creative Selves, Creative Expression
Creativity Lecture 2: Creative Selves, Creative Expression
Professor Richard Harper (Microsoft Research, Cambridge) presents on how to design for 'being human' in an age when huma... Read more
20 Jun 2011
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40mins
Ranked #13
Creativity Lecture 1: Soul Dust - the Science and Art of Consciousness
Creativity Lecture 1: Soul Dust - the Science and Art of Consciousness
Nicholas Humphrey, a theoretical psychologist based in Cambridge, presents his work on the evolution of human intelligen... Read more
23 May 2011
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1hr 9mins
Ranked #14
Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing World
Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing World
Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen presents in his inaugural lecture several examples to illustrate the origins, developments, ... Read more
22 Dec 2010
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52mins
Ranked #15
Carbon Dating: The Science of When Things Happen
Carbon Dating: The Science of When Things Happen
Dr Thomas Higham gives a talk on Carbon Dating; the way in which scientists establish the age of ancient and prehistoric... Read more
20 Oct 2010
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47mins