David and Goliath: Strength and Power in Sport Top athletes seem to get bigger and bigger. How does...
Let’s Twist Again: Throwing, Jumping, and Spinning Throwing things, and jumping up and down or along, lies...
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport A lecture to mark the publication of Professor Barrow's latest...
Shaping Mathematical Practices of the Science of the Stars Extant manuscripts, early library catalogues, lists of loans and wills...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
Victorian Era Astronomy: On Land and in the Skies In the late 19th-century, astronomical research could be practical, using...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Engineering: Archimedes of Syracuse In the 3rd century BCE, the Sicilian polymath Archimedes significantly advanced human understanding of mathematics, geometry and astronomy.
Citius, Altius, Fortius: Records, Medals and Drug Taking We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in...