Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...
Making Software 'Correct by Construction' Is it possible to build software so that you know that is is correct? How could this be done? Has anyone tried? What would it cost?
A Very Brief History of Computing, 1948-2015 The world's first modern computer, in Manchester in 1948, was...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
Local or global? Network economics and the new economy Should we prefer the brittle resilience of a very nervous...
What's The Problem With Encryption? End-to-end encryption secures messages before they leave a device, preventing...
Elizabethan Merchant Ships and Shipbuilding Elizabeth’s galleons and other warships have attracted much attention, but...