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Women in STEM |
Irene speaks to DPhil student Misha Patel and Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera . They touch on their pathways into science as women, the importance of networks and what direction their work will take next. |
Irene Tracey, Misha Patel, Sonia Antoranz Contera |
02 Feb 2024 |
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Oxford Physics and the ‘remote and speculative project’ |
A lecture by Prof Stephen Blundell, Professor of Physics – Condensed Matter - (Department of Physics and Mansfield College). |
Stephen Blundell |
21 Dec 2023 |
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Gravitational radiation: an overview |
Prof Steven Balbus - Gravitational radiation: an overview |
Steven Balbus |
28 Nov 2023 |
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How the weird and wonderful properties of magnetised laser plasmas could ignite fusion-energy research |
Archie Bott explains how a promising scheme for fusion relies on a novel feature of hot laser-plasmas: introducing a magnetic field of the correct strength alters the plasma’s fundamental properties in a highly counterintuitive yet beneficial manner. |
Archie Bott |
02 Jun 2023 |
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Stellarators: twisty tokamaks that could be the future of fusion |
Georgia Acton introduces stellarators, discusses the features that distinguish them from tokamaks, highlight the challenges we currently face, and discusses how we might overcome them. |
Georgia Acton |
02 Jun 2023 |
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Magnetic confinement fusion: Science that’s hotter than a Kardashian Instagram post |
Michael Barnes introduces the basic concepts behind magnetic confinement fusion, he describes why it is so challenging and discusses possibilities for the future. |
Michael Barnes |
02 Jun 2023 |
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The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events |
The spaghettification of stars by supermassive black holes: understanding one of nature’s most extreme events - Andrew Mummery |
Andrew Mummery |
03 Mar 2023 |
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Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events |
Extreme value statistics and the theory of rare events - Francesco Mori |
Francesco Mori |
03 Mar 2023 |
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Inflation and the Very Early Universe |
Inflation and the Very Early Universe - Georges Obied |
Georges Obied |
03 Mar 2023 |
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Biodiversity on the rocks: joining the dots between animate and inanimate |
This podcast explores some of the countless relationships between biology, biodiversity, and geology, past and present. |
Elaine Charwat, Esteban Acevedo Trejos, Mark Carnall, Lita Manners |
31 Aug 2022 |
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Fluid-gravity duality and hydrodynamics of black holes |
Holography explains why black hole horizons have thermodynamic and hydrodynamic properties and inspires researchers to re-visit foundations and explore limits of relativistic hydrodynamics |
Andrei Starinets, Julia Yeomans |
29 Apr 2021 |
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Hydrodynamics of Quantum Many-Body Systems Out of Equilibrium |
Can we apply hydrodynamics to systems with extensively many conservation laws |
Bruno Bertini |
29 Apr 2021 |
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Why Hydrodynamics? |
What is hydrodynamics and why does it apply over 20 orders of magnitude in energy and length. |
Steve Simon, Julia Yeomans |
29 Apr 2021 |
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Strings and Fields |
Will strings be the theory of everything?, presented by Prof Luis Fernando Alday. |
Luis Fernando Alday |
16 Jan 2021 |
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Classical and Quantum Black Holes |
Prof March-Russell explains our latest understanding of black holes, some of the most mysterious objects in the Universe. |
John March-Russell |
16 Jan 2021 |
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Why is Quantum Gravity so hard? |
A pressing question in our quest to understand the Universe is how to unify quantum mechanics and gravity, the very small and the very large. |
John Wheater |
16 Jan 2021 |
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Machine learning techniques in modern quantum-mechanics experiments |
In this talk, Dr Elliott Bentine shall discuss how recent experiments have exploited machine-learning techniques, both to optimize the operation of these devices and to interperet the data they produce. |
Elliott Bentine |
22 Mar 2020 |
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Machine Learning and String Theory |
Professor Andre Lukas will discuss how string theorists have started to use methods from data science - particularly machine learning - to analyse the vast landscape of string data. |
Andre Lukas |
22 Mar 2020 |
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Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures - Carlo Rovelli - Spin networks: the quantum structure of spacetime from Penrose's intuition to Loop Quantum Gravity |
Carlo Rovelli delivers The Roger Penrose Lecture on the Quantum structure of Spacetime. |
Carlo Rovelli |
16 Jan 2020 |
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IceCube: Opening a New Window on the Universe from the South Pole |
Particle Physics Christmas Lecture, hosted by Prof. Daniela Bortoletto, Head of Particle Physics and senior members of the department with guest speaker, Professor Francis Halzen. |
Daniela Bortoletto, Francis Halzen |
20 Dec 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Nano comes to life: how nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology |
In this book talk, Professor Sonia Contera will talk about how Nanotechnology is transforming medicine and the future of biology. |
Sonia Contera |
06 Dec 2019 |
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Cosmic acceleration revealed by Type la supernovae? |
In this talk Subir Sarkar will explain how deflagration supernovae have been used to infer that the Hubble expansion rate is accelerating, and critically assess whether the acceleration is real and due to `dark energy’. |
Subir Sarkar |
01 Nov 2019 |
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Supernova Explosions and their Role in the Universe |
In this talk, Philipp Podsiadlowski will explain how this energy (sometimes) creates a visible fireball, before going on to explain the role of supernovae in the production of the heaviest elements in the periodic table. |
Philipp Podsiadlowski |
01 Nov 2019 |
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What makes stars go bang? |
In this talk, James Binney will outline the physics that leads to prodigeous release of energy in core-collapse and deflagration supernovae. |
James Binney |
01 Nov 2019 |
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Gravitational Waves and Prospects for Multi-messenger Astronomy |
Professor Barry C Barish gives a talk on the quest for the detection of gravitational waves. |
Barry C. Barrish |
30 Jul 2019 |
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Cherwell-Simon Memorial Lecture: The XENON Project: at the forefront of Dark Matter Direct Detection |
What is the Dark Matter which makes 85% of the matter in the Universe? We have been asking this question for many decades and used a variety of experimental approaches to address it, with detectors on Earth and in space. |
Elena Aprile |
08 Jul 2019 |
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Creative Commons |
Particles in space |
Join Dr Donal Hill for a tour of the invisible, as he describes how particle detectors measure 3D information to help uncover the secrets of tiny fundamental particles. |
Donal Hill |
12 Jun 2019 |
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Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Graham Farmelo - The Universe Speaks in Numbers |
An old-fashioned tale of tale of romance and estrangement, of hope and despair. |
Graham Farmelo |
21 May 2019 |
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... from collisions to the Higgs boson |
To study the Higgs boson at the LHC we also need to understand how highly energetic quarks and gluons interact, among themselves and with the Higgs. |
Fabrizio Caola |
16 May 2019 |
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From protons to collisions… |
We learn about the Higgs Boson and its interactions at the LHC by examining the debris produced by colliding protons head-on at unprecedented high energies. |
Lucian Harland-Lang |
16 May 2019 |
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What the Large Hadron Collider is telling us about the Higgs sector and its new interactions |
Over the past two years, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has started to directly probe a qualitatively new class of interactions, associated with the Higgs boson. |
Gavin Salam |
16 May 2019 |
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Why the world is simple - Prof Ard Louis |
The coding theorem from algorithmic information theory (AIT) - which should be much more widely taught in Physics! - suggests that many processes in nature may be highly biased towards simple outputs. |
Ard Louis |
15 Feb 2019 |
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Topology in Biology - Prof Julia Yeomans FRS |
Active systems, from cells and bacteria to flocks of birds, harvest chemical energy which they use to move and to control the complex processes needed for life. |
Julia Yeomans |
15 Feb 2019 |
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Welcome from the Head of the Physics Department |
Ian Shipsey delivers the welcome speech for the Saturday Mornings of Theoretical Physics. |
Ian Shipsey |
15 Feb 2019 |
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Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures: Hooke Lecture - Michael Berry - Chasing the dragon: tidal bores in the UK and elsewhere |
In some of the world’s rivers, an incoming high tide can arrive as a smooth jump decorated by undulations, or as a breaking wave. The river reverses direction and flows upstream. |
Michael Berry |
28 Jan 2019 |
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Entropy from Entanglement |
Siddharth Parameswaran, Associate Professor, Physics Department. |
Siddharth Parameswaran |
03 Dec 2018 |
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Entropy: two short stories |
John Chalker, Head of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. |
John Chalker |
03 Dec 2018 |
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Entropy: Gaining Knowledge by Admitting Ignorance |
Alexander Schekochihin, Professor of Theoretical Physics, gives a talk on entropy. |
Alexander Schekochihin |
03 Dec 2018 |
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The Quantum and the Cosmos |
The 17th Hintze Lecture, given by Professor Rocky Kolb, Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics, The University of Chicago. |
Rocky Kolb |
14 Nov 2018 |
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Roger Penrose in conversation with Hannah Fry - Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures |
In our Oxford Mathematics London Public Lecture Roger Penrose in conversation with Hannah Fry reveals his latest research, a veritable chain reaction of universes, which he says has been backed by evidence of events that took place before the Big Bang. |
Roger Penrose, Hannah Fry |
06 Nov 2018 |
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The Search for Life on Earth, In Space and Time |
Dr James Green, current Chief Scientist of NASA gives a talk on the how life may be distributed on Earth and in the Solar System with consideration of the age of our sun. |
James Green |
29 Oct 2018 |
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What is antimatter? |
What is antimatter? Antimatter was one of the most exciting physics discoveries of the 20th century, and has since been picked up by fiction writers such as Dan Brown. But what exactly is it? |
Donal Hill |
17 May 2018 |
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The future of the planet: life, growth and death in organisms, cities and companies. Geoffrey West |
In this year’s Simonyi Lecture Geoffrey West discusses universal laws that govern everything from growth to mortality in plants, animals, cities and companies. |
Geoffrey West |
09 May 2018 |
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Fine-Tuning Discussion |
Simon Friederich, Natalja Deng, and Erik Curiel participate in a roundtable discussion addressing questions around probability, fine-tuning, and arguments for a multiverse or deity. |
Simon Friederich, Natalja Deng, Erik Curiel |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Erik Curiel: Measure, Topology, and Probability in Cosmology. |
Erik Curiel explains the challenges in making assessments of probability by making assumptions about the space of universes--or cosmological models--that our theories allow. |
Erik Curiel |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Natalja Deng: What Kind of Fine-Tuner? |
Natalja Deng discusses whether the apparent fine-tuning of the universe for life can be evidence for a divine creator. |
Natalja Deng |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Simon Friederich: Fine-Tuning for Life in the Universe, A Panoramic View |
Simon Friederich reviews the challenges that arise in using empirical evidence that the universe is tuned for life to evaluate multiverse hypothesis. |
Simon Friederich |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Evidence in the Multiverse |
Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich hash out the problems we encounter when we look for evidence of a multiverse. |
Erik Curiel, Simon Friederich |
24 Apr 2018 |
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The Hard Fact of Life in Big Physics City |
How similar is the fine-tuning of our universe to probabilistic reasoning we use and understand? Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel go through a series of examples. |
Erik Curiel, Simon Friederich |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Stability and Probability |
Erik Curiel and Simon Friederich discuss how reasoning in cosmology sometimes conflates topological stability with probability, and why that might be wrong. |
Simon Friederich, Erik Curiel |
24 Apr 2018 |
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Problems with Probability |
Simon Friederich and Erik Curiel discuss the problems fine-tuning arguments raise for our understanding of probability. |
Simon Friederich, Erik Curiel |
24 Apr 2018 |
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The State of the Universe |
Our Universe was created in 'The Big Bang' and has been expanding ever since. Professor Schmidt describes the vital statistics of the Universe, and tries to make sense of the Universe's past, present, and future. |
Brian Schmidt |
20 Nov 2017 |
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Cassini-Huygens: Space Odyssey to Saturn and Titan |
Public Lecture organised by the Aeronautical Society of Oxford in conjunction with the Department of Physics. |
David Southwood |
18 Oct 2017 |
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Nuclear Fusion |
Aled Walker, Justin Ball, Valerian Chen, Jason Parisi discuss nuclear fusion as part of the In Our Spare Time series. |
Aled Walker, Justin Ball, Valerian Chen, Jason Parisi |
13 Jun 2017 |
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Exploring the very early universe with gravitational waves |
John March-Russell gives a talk about gravitational wave signals of stringy physics, a ‘soundscape’ connected to the landscape of string vacua. |
John March-Russell |
10 May 2017 |
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The birth of gravitational wave astronomy |
Subir Sarkar reviews the detection of the ‘chirrup’ signal from a pair of merging massive black holes by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, as well as subsequent experimental developments. |
Subir Sarkar |
10 May 2017 |
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From action at a distance to gravitational waves |
James Binney gives a talk about the mathematics that describe Gravitational waves. |
James Binney |
10 May 2017 |
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From Materials to Cosmology: Studying the early universe under the microscope |
Physics Colloquium 27 January 2017 delivered by Professor Nicola Spaldin, ETH Zurich |
Nicola Spaldin |
05 Apr 2017 |
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The New Era in Observational Cosmology |
In the fourth part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin conjecture about the future of inflation. They talk about the potential for new evidence for and against the theory, and the variety of new probes into our cosmological environment. |
Pedro Ferreira, Jerome Martin |
04 Apr 2017 |
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When is a theory good enough? |
In the third part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin talk about whether one should look for a deeper physical theory when one’s current theory is well-supported by observation. |
Pedro Ferreira, Jerome Martin |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Can we measure naturalness? |
In the second part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin consider ways to build the naturalness of an inflationary model into our expectations for observing it. |
Pedro Ferreira, Jerome Martin |
04 Apr 2017 |
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An Encyclopedia of Inflation |
In the first part of their discussion, Pedro Ferreira and Jerome Martin talk about the variety of inflationary models. They discuss methods for distinguishing between them based on evidence and describe the application of Bayesian statistics to inflation. |
Pedro Ferreira, Jerome Martin |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Inflation in the Future |
What should we expect to learn in the future? In the fourth part of their chat, Dave Sloan and Robert Brandenberger talk about how we expect inflationary theory to develop, and how observations may lead to new physics in this area. |
David Sloan, Robert Brandenberger |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Strings, Inflation, and Alternatives |
In the third part of their discussion, Dave Sloan and Robert Brandenberger explain the relationship between string theory and inflationary models. Can inflation arise from particle physics, or do we need to look for alternative models? |
David Sloan, Robert Brandenberger |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Inflation Predicts |
In the second part of their discussion, Dave Sloan and Robert Brandenberger tell us what inflation predicts and whether inflation itself seems fine-tuned. This discussion was conducted at the University of Oxford on March 14, 2017. |
David Sloan, Robert Brandenberger |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Evidence For Inflation |
In the first part of their discussion, Dave Sloan and Robert Brandenberger go over our evidence for inflationary theories and discuss how inflationary models improve on the hot big bang. |
David Sloan, Robert Brandenberger |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Panel on Inflation |
Professor Joe Silk talks with Professor Robert Brandenberger, Professor Jerome Martin, and Dr. Dave Sloan about the current state of research and controversies surrounding inflation. |
Joe Silk, Robert Brandenberger, Jerome Martin, David Sloan |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Does Inflationary Cosmology Solve Fine-Tuning Problems? |
Professor Robert Brandenberger (McGill) argues that inflationary models still face considerable challenges. |
Robert Brandenberger |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Inflationary Attractors |
Dr David Sloan (Oxford) discusses the for inflation to occur given typical initial conditions. He argues that, on the right understanding of the background dynamics of the universe, inflationary conditions dominate. |
David Sloan |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Inflation After Planck |
Professor Jerome Martin (Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris) explains the current state of evidence for inflationary models. |
Jerome Martin |
04 Apr 2017 |
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Redder is better! Exploring the universe with the successor to Hubble |
Rebecca Bowler, University of Oxford give a talk about the successor to the Hubble telescope - The James Webb Space Telescope - which will detect infrared radiation. |
Rebecca Bowler |
28 Mar 2017 |
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Creative Commons |
On the trail of the most energetic particles in the universe |
Rafael Alves Batista, University of Oxford, gives a talk about cosmic rays. |
Rafael Alves Batista |
28 Mar 2017 |
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The Future of Particle Physics Panel Discussion |
Panel discussion with Prof John Womersley (STFC), Prof John Wheater (Department of Physics), Prof Ian Shipsey (Particle Physics), Prof Dave Wark (Particle Physics), Prof Daniella Bortoletto (Physics) and Prof Subir Sarkar (Particle Theory Group) |
John Womersley, John Wheater, Ian Shipsey, Dave Wark |
07 Mar 2017 |
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The Future of Particle Physics: The Particle Physics Christmas Lecture |
Professor John Womersley (STFC) gives the Particle Physics Christmas Lecture. |
John Womersley |
07 Mar 2017 |
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How do you make scientific equipment space proof? |
Since the 1960’s man has been sending missions to Mars. Some successes, some failures. This hasn’t stopped scientists trying to explore this incredible red planet. |
Colin Wilson |
21 Dec 2016 |
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The Observer Strikes Back |
What is an observer? In the fifth and final part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr discuss the nature of observers. |
Jim Hartle, Bernard Carr |
06 Dec 2016 |
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No Boundaries for Quantum Cosmology |
Where is the observer in the universe? In the fourth part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr discuss Jim Hartle’s no-boundary proposal. |
Bernard Carr, Jim Hartle |
06 Dec 2016 |
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Physics and Philosophy |
What are the limits of physics? In the third part of their discussion, Bernard Carr and Jim Hartle talk about the point at which physics ends and philosophy begins. |
Bernard Carr, Jim Hartle |
06 Dec 2016 |
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The Quantum and Cosmological Scales |
How do we combine our theory of the very small with our theory of the largest scales of the universe? In the second part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr hash out the connections between cosmology and quantum mechanics. |
Jim Hartle, Bernard Carr |
06 Dec 2016 |
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What Fine Tunings Are There? |
Is the universe fine-tuned for life? In the first part of their discussion, Bernard Carr and Jim Hartle discuss how physical theories might contain unexplained assumptions that are necessary for the existence of life. |
Bernard Carr, Jim Hartle |
06 Dec 2016 |
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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. |
David MacKay |
18 Nov 2016 |
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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 |
Melissa Franklin, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 Nov 2016 |
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Science and Politics |
Oxford DPhil students discuss the relationship between scientific advice and government policy |
Aled Walker, Kathryn Boast, Rob Shalloo |
04 Nov 2016 |
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Creative Commons |
How do you make a reliable weather forecast? |
Latest episode from Oxford Sparks, this episode on how to predict the weather. |
Hannah Christensen |
04 Nov 2016 |
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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 |
Steve Simon |
01 Nov 2016 |
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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. |
Fabian Essler |
01 Nov 2016 |
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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. |
John Chalker |
01 Nov 2016 |
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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. |
Nigel Hitching, Martin Bridson |
19 Oct 2016 |
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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? |
Roger Penrose |
19 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Rocky Kolb, Rafael Alves Batista |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Rocky Kolb, Rafael Alves Batista |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Rocky Kolb, Rafael Alves Batista |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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? |
Justin Read, Celine Boehm |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Justin Read, Celine Boehm |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Justin Read, Celine Boehm |
12 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Celine Boehm, Rocky Kolb, Justin Read |
04 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Celine Boehm |
04 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Rocky Kolb |
04 Oct 2016 |
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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. |
Justin Read |
04 Oct 2016 |
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'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? |
Joelle Boutari |
27 Jul 2016 |
