Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
Why Society Needs Astronomy and Cosmology 'One day, Sir, you may tax it': Faraday's prescient quip...
The Meaning of Everything: The history of the Oxford English Dictionary The legendary Oxford English Dictionary today contains over 600,000 words...
Darwin, Evolution and God: The Present Debates This lecture sets the scientific and religious context for Darwin’s...
A Cosmic Perspective: Four Centuries of Expanding Horizons The 'curious and ingenious' men who met at Gresham College...
The Rise and Fall of the British Empire In 1945, the imperial possessions of Great Britain circled the...