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This year’s tercentenary of the death of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz puts Leibniz in the limelight - which is deserving both because of his involvement in challenging aspects of mathematics as well as his friendly diplomacy towards other mathematicians. Dr Snezana Lawrence takes up the theme of spirals and the work of Archimedes.
The treatment of cancer has been transformed in the last two decades, and great improvements are expected over the next twenty years. Better genetic understanding and harnessing of the immune system are among the approaches which will make the difference.
A retelling of one of the most staggering scientific discoveries of modern times: that the universe is expanding, and that proof for it can be found in the discovery of the recession of the galaxies.
Examples of disease as shown in artworks will be examined, from the medical and surgical point of view as well as the historical and artistic ones, particularly visual loss as portrayed by artists from pre-historic times.
The lecture will look at the industrial river Thames and consider the changing needs of shipping with the transition from sail to steam and the impact on London as a port.
Today's event
Today's event, The Gresham Festival of Musical Ideas, will not be livestreamed. Recordings of all lectures will be published soon!