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...
Faggot’s Fretful Fiasco: The Unsung Geometry of Musical Scales A lecture beginning with the question of why the frets...
100 Essential Things You Didn't Know You Didn't Know About Sport A lecture to mark the publication of Professor Barrow's latest...
Furiously Flashing Fireflies: Synchronised Signalling in the Mating Game One of the most spectacular displays in the whole of...
Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases Mathematics has proved to be of considerable benefit in modelling the...
The Big Brain: Size and Intelligence For centuries, scientists have tried to identify what is special...
The Mathematics of Evolutionary Biology - Implications for Ethics, Teleology and 'Natural Theology' THE ANNUAL BOYLE LECTURE The Boyle lectures address topics which...
Citius, Altius, Fortius: Records, Medals and Drug Taking We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in...