This Lecture Will Surprise You: When Logic is Illogical Mathematics offers certainty. That there are infinitely many prime numbers...
The Queen's Commonwealth: Monarchy and the End of Empire, 1945-2011 As Glasgow prepares to host the Commonwealth Games, Professor Philip...
Might as well toss a coin: How random numbers help us find exact solutions Randomness is clearly important in computer games and in the...
Does society risk my life through safety? The perils of too much risk-aversion We would all like a riskless life, right? The Precautionary...
Sickle Cell Disease: A Cultural History Please note this lecture was rescheduled from its original date...
Elgar and Musical Modernism: Elgar, Proust and Modernity at the fin de siecle The Institute of Musical Research, University of London and Gresham...
Gresham's Law in Economics: Background to the Crisis Sir Thomas Gresham said that "bad money drives out good"...