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Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation |
Kafka’s provocative story “The Hunger Artist” explores starvation, art, and the nature of human existence. Experts discuss the story and its reception. |
Peter Boxall, Ankhi Mukherjee, Meindert Peters, Karen Leeder |
10 Jul 2024 |
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J. M. Coetzee and Kafka |
Nobel-prize winning author J. M. Coetzee has continued to reflect on and respond to Kafka in different ways throughout his life and work. |
Elleke Boehmer, Karen Leeder |
03 Jun 2024 |
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How do metaphors shape our world? |
We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking? |
Katrin Kohl, Jeannette Littlemore, Lera Boroditsky, Zoltán Kövecses |
03 Apr 2020 |
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"Origins" - Complete Episode |
The subject of origins is explored - from human fertilisation to the Big Bang. Includes parts 1, 2 and 3. |
Jo Dunkley, Alex Halliday, Suzannah Williams, Dagan Wells |
09 Oct 2014 |
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"Origins" Part 2 - Origins of Earth and the Solar System |
Professor Alex Halliday explains how planets form from nothing but an area of space full of dust. Tiny differences between the elements that make up meteorites can give you an idea of how old they are and which part of the solar system they came from. |
Alex Halliday, Chris Lintott |
07 Oct 2014 |
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Creative Commons |
Physics and Philosophy: An Introduction |
On the inextricable links between physics and philosophy and the ways in which one can lead to the other - how they complement each other in answering the big questions. |
Ankita Anirban |
30 Jul 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Space and Time |
Prof. Frank Arntzenius on whether space and time are absolute entities or simply relational properties derived from the idea of motion - an old debate between Newton and Leibniz, carried on today. |
Frank Arntzenius, Ankita Anirban |
30 Jul 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Parallel Worlds |
Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum mechanics provides us with - and that there may be more worlds than just our own. |
David Wallace, Ankita Anirban |
30 Jul 2012 |
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Creative Commons |
Decimalising Time: Calendar and Clocks in the French Revolution |
Dr Matthew Shaw, British Library, talks about the extraordinary revisions of time measurement adopted in the French Revolution. |
Matthew Shaw |
02 Jul 2012 |
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Delete! |
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. |
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Helen Margetts |
10 May 2010 |
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Delete! |
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget. |
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, Helen Margetts |
10 May 2010 |
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When the Audience Clicks: Buying Attention in the Digital Age |
Discussion of media buying and the attention-creation industry - showing how the fixation on audiences' click-like behaviour is a disruptive institutional force, and how buyers' new approaches to attention are creating new forms of social discrimination. |
Joseph Turow |
08 Mar 2010 |
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The Early Universe and Alzheimer's |
Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira |
03 Sep 2009 |
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The Early Universe and Alzheimer's |
Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's. |
Marcus du Sautoy, Frances Ashcroft, John Wood, Pedro Ferreira |
03 Sep 2009 |
