Past lectures
Thomas Hirst (1830-1892...
This is a part of the 1,000 Years of Mathematics Study day. Other lectures include:
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Edmond Halley presents a lecture about his friend, Sir Isaac Newton...
Children can use gadgets faster than adults. What does this say about the design of gadgets? This lecture looks at microwave cookers....
How many colours are needed to colour a map so that neighbouring countries are coloured differently? At first it seems that for very...
How many colours are needed to colour a map? What was the 15 schoolgirl's problem? How many alcohols and paraffins are there? This talk...
Moore's Law predicts substantial, sustained improvement in computing power. Yet while the technology gets better and better, the...
Why were video recorders so difficult to use? Is there any hope for new gadgets like DVD players? What can we do about gadget complexity...
Every so often there is a panic when computers succumb to viruses. The theory behind viruses is rather fun, and shows how bugs can...
Euler, ‘the Mozart of mathematics’, was probably the most prolific mathematician of all time, having contributed to many areas, both...
Computers need not just automate what is already being done, but can do completely new things. In the 1970s a new form of cryptography...
Keeping secrets is one of the earliest inventions of civilisation, and has become the science of cryptography. The World War II Enigma...
