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    China: Art, War and Salvation, 1933-1949

    After the founding of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, many artists and intellectuals in China saw the overthrow of ‘tradition’ as the means to rescue the nation from poverty and backwardness.

    The High Energy Universe

    View the sky through an x-ray telescope and the conception of the universe changes dramatically. Black holes are best seen in x-rays, because impinging gas collides with the black hole at near light speed, resulting in intense x-ray and gamma ray emission.

    How Special Is Our Universe?

    Theories of the multiverse suggest that life-containing universes are incredibly rare. We live in one of these, whether by cosmological natural selection or by the consequences of a theory yet to be formulated.

    Watching the Heavens: Astronomy and the Meaning of Life

    What did the sky-watchers of the ancient world think about the night sky, and its implications for human existence? Moving on to the great discoveries of Copernicus, Kepler, and Galileo, we will consider the basic science and ask about the deeper significance of these discoveries.

    How Were The Stars Formed?

    Professor Silk, Gresham Professor of Astronomy, opens his lecture series with the question 'How Were The Stars Formed?'

    Observing the Dark Ages

    An exploration of a time when there were no stars or galaxies, and the universe was transparent - how were the first indications of the state of the universe in the dark ages discovered?

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