Christopher Wren & Oliver Cromwell: The 1657 Appointment of Wren as Gresham Professor of Astronomy Of all the august and admirable Gresham Professors, Christopher Wren...
Giant Waves on the Open Sea: Mariners’ tall tales or alarming fact? Cinemagoers will be familiar with the thrill of giant waves...
Wren, Hooke and Willis: Divine geometry and natural design The status of geometry with respect to the natural world...
The Movement of Ponytails, Ships and the Millennium Bridge A question from the lecture 'Leonardo, Rapunzel and the Mathematics...
Musical Consonance and Dissonance: The Good, Bad and Beautifully Ugly What makes a piece of music challenging, bland, intriguing, beautiful...
The Art and Science of Tuning This lecture presents the rich history of musicians’ engagement with...
Heading for Trouble: The perils of navigation This lecture was a part of the SeaBritrain2005 series of...