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    The USSR in the Cold War Years

    After Stalin’s death in 1953, successive leaders tried to find ways to revitalise the Soviet regime and rethink its promises to the Soviet people. Life within a system no longer based on terror and intense industrial transformation offered citizens strange alternatives.

    The Quantum Mathematician

    Quantum science has been one of the most successful and useful theories ever invented. Indeed quantum technology was added as the ninth of the original eight great technologies.

    Is a Mathematician a Robot?

    In this lecture I will describe the mathematics of machine learning and explain its applications to robotics. In particular I will show how the modern ideas of deep learning allow a robot to make sense of the world it exists in, including the ideas behind speech and face recognition.

    Maths is Coded in Your Genes

    We live in an information age, with vast amounts of data constantly sent around the world. This lecture will introduce you to the mathematics of information.

    Maths Goes Into Space

    Space science is one of HM Government’s ‘eight great technologies’. In this lecture I will explain the mathematics behind satellites, showing how they are controlled, how they are sent to distant planets and how they transmit and receive data over vast distances.

    Lenin and the Russian Revolution

    How, as a Marxist, did he justify the seizure of power and would the October Revolution have been possible without him? How in this centenary year, are these events being commemorated in Putin’s Russia?

    Zero is a Hero

    This year’s event will focus on the beauty of Mathematical Relationships.

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