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Toothpaste, Custard and Chocolate: Mathematics Gets Messy

This talk looks at mathematical modelling of real, complex fluids in flow situations – some with serious commercial applications, and some just for fun.

Elementary Particles and Their Interactions

Matter consists of a mêlée of elementary particles. There are protons and neutrons, made up of quarks, and many other short-lived massive particles. One hope is to discover particles of dark matter, but this has so far eluded our best efforts.

Living Without Electricity

What happens when power, communications, and transport are all disrupted, when shops cannot function, and when most people cannot find out what is happening? Storm Desmond in 2015 revealed how dependent on electricity modern city life has become. What lessons have been learnt?

Should We Trust a Theory?

Can a scientific theory ever be confirmed? Must a scientific theory be falsifiable? Theories such as that of the multiverse and string theory will be considered.

The First Three Minutes of Creation

In the first three minutes after the beginning of the universe, all of the stuff that we and the Earth are made of were created and the universe attained its huge size, homogeneity and isotropy.

The Movement of Ponytails, Ships and the Millennium Bridge

A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics...

Proving Einstein Right

A gentle introduction to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity will discuss the curvature of space that gives rise to 'Gravity' and Gravitational Lenses.