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Physics

Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Why climate change action is difficult and how we can make a difference

2014 Charles Simonyi Lecture with David MacKay. David discusses how the laws of physics constrain our energy options, and describes what happened when his reflections on energy arithmetic propelled him into a senior civil service role.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Putting the Higgs Boson in its Place

Professor Melissa Franklin talks about her experiences working towards the discovery of the Higgs Boson and her work today at the Large Hadron Collider
In Our Spare Times
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Science and Politics

Oxford DPhil students discuss the relationship between scientific advice and government policy
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

How do you make a reliable weather forecast?

Latest episode from Oxford Sparks, this episode on how to predict the weather.
Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Topology and the Classification of Matter: New Physics Hidden in Plain Sight

Third lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor Steve Simon, introduction by Professor John WheelerThird
Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Magnets, superfluids and superconductors

Second lecture "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor Fabian Essler, introduction by Professor John Wheeler.
Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Identical particles: from one to many

First lecture in the "More is different" - how states of matter emerge from quantum theory Saturday morning of Theoretical Physics. With Professor John Chalker, introduction by Professor John Wheeler.
The Secrets of Mathematics
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As he retires from the the Savilian Chair of Geometry, Oxford Mathematician Nigel Hitchin reflects

From early mathematical inspiration at school in Duffield, Derbyshire, Nigel recalls his often unplanned progress via Jesus College, Oxford, Princeton, Cambridge and Warwick, before his final return to Oxford.
The Secrets of Mathematics
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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Roger Penrose

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe? Surely, scientists are immune to trends, dogmatic beliefs, or flights of fancy?
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Dark Matter, Fine-Tuned

What surprising features of our theories cry out for explanation? Rocky Kolb and Rafael Alves Batista consider features of our theories that look unlikely or unnatural, and what our chances are for building a unified theory that explains them.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Why Now?

We’re at a particularly interesting time in the evolution of the universe. Rafael Alves Batista and Rocky Kolb chat about the interesting features of our time, and why we should--or should not--expect to be living now.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Dark Matter Particles

What sort of things could dark matter be, and how would we tell which it is? Rafael Alves Batista and Rocky Kolb review the main candidate dark matter particles, and consider our chances for telling which one is out there.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

The Future of Dark Matter

In the third part of their discussion, Celine Boehm and Justin Read mull over what we can learn from dark matter. Will understanding dark matter lead us to a small change in the standard model, or a large one?
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

How Does Dark Matter Act?

In the second part of their discussion, Celine Boehm and Justin Read talk about how dark matter acts, both on large scales, at early times, and in small galaxies much nearer to us.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

How Do We Find Dark Matter?

In the first part of their discussion, Justin Read and Celine Boehm go over our evidence for dark matter and consider the possible particles that could make it up.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Dark Matter(s) Discussion

Celine Boehm, Rocky Kolb, and Justin Read discuss fine-tuning in dark matter models, how we judge astrophysical parameters to be fine-tuned, how we get evidence for dark matter, supersymmetry, and our prospects for finding the dark matter particle.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

The Level of Fine-Tuning it Takes to Make a Dark Matter Model

Dr. Celine Boehm (Durham) discusses the possible dark matter particles and the constraints--theoretical and experimental--on their parameter space.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

The Decade of the Wimp

Dr. Rocky Kolb (Chicago) discusses the theoretical reasons to expect dark matter to be a Weakly Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP), and the prospects for finding one.
The Physics of Fine-Tuning

Astrophysical Probes of Dark Matter

Dr. Justin Read (Surrey) explains the astrophysical evidence for dark matter, and our prospects for getting more information about its nature and interaction by looking at nearby dwarf galaxies.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

'Light' Part 2 - Harnessing a single photon

What's the use of just one photon, the smallest bit of light? And what does it take to study it?

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