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# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Characterisation of Networks The ASC Networks cluster visiting researcher Prof. Richard Wilson (Department of Computer Science, University of York) gives a public lecture on his work on networks at Keble College. 0:47:52 Richard Wilson 10 Apr 2013
2 Creative Commons The Num8er My5teries Professor Marcus du Sautoy - mathematician, footballer and amateur musician - shows how mathematicians have contributed to our understanding of the world around us for millennia. 0:52:48 Marcus du Sautoy 19 Dec 2012
3 Physics in the 21st century - an exciting Time for Physics at oxford Dr John Wheater, Chairman of the Department and other members of the Oxford University Physics team about all the latest projects and ideas that they are working on. With Alan Barr and Henry Snaith 0:39:10 John Wheater, Alan Barr, Henry Snaith 14 Nov 2012
4 Creative Commons Morphogenesis Then and Now Philip Maini, Oxford University, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary weekend 0:43:02 Philip Maini 22 Oct 2012
5 Congruent Worlds: Turing, Lovelace and Babbage Doron Swade, Royal Holloway, Univ. of London, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary weekend 0:49:09 Doron Swade 22 Oct 2012
6 What Alan Turing might have discovered Stephen Wolfram, founder and CEO of Wolfram Research and creator of Mathematica, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary weekend. 0:51:06 Stephen Wolfram 22 Oct 2012
7 Creative Commons Turing in the History of Software Cliff Jones, Newcastle University, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary Weekend 0:39:12 Cliff jones 22 Oct 2012
8 Creative Commons Turing in the age of the Internet and the quantum computer Samson Abramsky, Oxford University, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary weekend 0:51:10 Samson Abramsky 22 Oct 2012
9 Creative Commons Decidability: The Entscheidungs problem Robin Whitty, London South Bank University, gives a talk for the Alan Turing Centenary weekend 0:45:24 Robin Whitty 22 Oct 2012
10 Creative Commons Turing and the Public Consciousness: Turing 2.0(12) Sue Black, University College London, Turing and the Public Consciousness: Turing 2.0(12) 0:22:30 Sue Black 22 Oct 2012
11 Creative Commons Welcome Address Jonathan Bowen, London South Bank University 0:03:17 Jonathan Bowen 22 Oct 2012
12 Creative Commons Consciousness and Computability Prof. Sir Roger Penrose on the idea of artificial intelligence and whether consciousness can be replicated by a computer - a discussion of new physics which may take us closer to explaining the mind. 0:24:40 Roger Penrose, Ankita Anirban 28 Aug 2012
13 Creative Commons Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science, as part of LGBT month. 0:55:10 Andrew Hodges 02 Mar 2012
14 Creative Commons Alan Turing: The One Who Became a Zero Andrew Hodges (author of Alan Turing: The Enigma) delivers a lecture on Alan Turing, the founder of modern computer science. This is the third annual lecture for LGBT history month. 0:55:10 Andrew Hodges 02 Mar 2012
15 Creative Commons The Work of Music: Music and Mathematics A talk given at Wolfson College as part of a lecture series entitled "The Work of Music". 1:03:38 Timothy Gowers 06 Feb 2012
16 Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing World Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen presents in his inaugural lecture several examples to illustrate the origins, developments, and roles of partial differential equations in our changing world. 0:52:16 Gui-Qiang George Chen 22 Dec 2010
17 Mathematics in the real world Inspired by Évariste Galois's attempts to express symmetry using mathematical equations, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the inextricable link between the physical world and mathematics. 0:09:22 Marcus du Sautoy 25 Nov 2010
18 Creative Commons 2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton Part 2.3. An introduction to Robert Boyle's theory of corpuscularianism and Isaac Newton's ideas on mathematics and the universe. 0:13:58 Peter Millican 16 Mar 2010
19 Creative Commons 2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1 Part 2.1. A brief recap of the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe. 0:05:42 Peter Millican 16 Mar 2010
20 Creative Commons 027 Hydrogen part 3 Eigenfunctions Twenty seventh lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:50:39 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
21 Creative Commons 026 Hydrogen part 2 Emission Spectra Twenty sixth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:48:46 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
22 Creative Commons 025 Hydrogen part 1 Twenty fifth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:07 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
23 Creative Commons 024 Classical Spin and Addition of Angular Momenta Twenty fourth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:58 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
24 Creative Commons 023 Spin 1/2 , Stern - Gerlach Experiment and Spin 1 Twenty third lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:49:22 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
25 Creative Commons 022 Spin Angular Momentum Twenty second lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:49:44 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
26 Creative Commons 021 Even further Orbital Angular Momentum - Eigenfunctions, Parity and Kinetic Energy Twenty-first lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:52:09 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
27 Creative Commons 020 Further Orbital Angular Momentum, Spectra of L2 and LZ Twentieth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:46:28 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
28 Creative Commons 019 Diatomic Molecules and Orbital Angular Momentum Nineteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:43:51 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
29 Creative Commons 018 Angular Momentum Eighteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:42:20 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
30 Creative Commons 017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:22 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
31 Creative Commons 016 Composite Systems - Entanglement and Operators Sixteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:21 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
32 Creative Commons 015 Tunnelling and Radioactive Decay Fifteenth lecture in the Quantum Mechanics course given in Hilary term 2010 0:44:21 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
33 Creative Commons 014 A Pair of Square Wells and the Ammonia Maser Fourteenth Lecture in the Quantum Mechanics Course given in Hilary term 2010 0:54:33 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
34 Creative Commons 013 Hilary: The Square Well Thirteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:52:30 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
35 RoboCup Dr. Steven Cameron takes us on a trip to RoboCup. Tiny players roll across the pitch, others lumber unsteadily or roll by. The goals keep coming but the players never tire. It's football, but not as we know it. Say hello to the future of sport. 0:50:50 Steven Cameron 21 Dec 2009
36 Why Beckham chose the 23 shirt Why did Beckham chose the 23 shirt? What makes prime numbers special? Marcus duSautoy sheds light on the so-called 'masculine' numbers, explains why prime numbers will help you survive, and opens our eyes to the fascinating world of mathematics. 0:51:00 Marcus du Sautoy 21 Dec 2009
37 Creative Commons 012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field Twelfth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:43:23 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
38 Creative Commons 011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator Eleventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:33:34 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
39 Creative Commons 010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:50:30 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
40 Creative Commons 009 Dynamics of Oscillators and the Anharmonic Oscillator Ninth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:14 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
41 Creative Commons 008 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Wavefunctions of its Stationary States Eighth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:00 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
42 Creative Commons 007 Back to Two-Slit Interference, Generalization to Three Dimensions and the Virial Theorem Seventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:46 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
43 Creative Commons 006 Wavefunctions for Well Defined Momentum, the Uncertainty Principle and Dynamics of a Free Particle Sixth Lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:51:11 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
44 Creative Commons 005 Further TDSE and the Position Representation Fifth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:49:43 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
45 Creative Commons 004 Commutators and Time Evolution (the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation) Fourth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:54:31 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
46 Creative Commons 003 Operators and Measurement Third lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:49:11 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
47 Creative Commons 002 Dirac Notation and the Energy Representation Second lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:42:35 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
48 Creative Commons 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States First lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:44:04 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
49 Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth "Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth" - the Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009 0:52:27 Marcus du Sautoy 30 Nov 2009
50 Creative Commons Lewis Carroll in Numberland An intriguing biographical exploration of Lewis Carroll, focusing on the author's mathematical career and influences. 1:11:31 Robin Wilson 30 Nov 2009
# Episode Title Description Duration People Date
1 Characterisation of Networks The ASC Networks cluster visiting researcher Prof. Richard Wilson (Department of Computer Science, University of York) gives a public lecture on his work on networks at Keble College. 0:47:52 Richard Wilson 10 Apr 2013
2 Creative Commons The Num8er My5teries In this lecture Professor Marcus du Sautoy - mathematician, footballer and amateur musician - shows how mathematicians have contributed to our understanding of the world around us for millennia. 0:53:01 Marcus du Sautoy 19 Dec 2012
3 Physics in the 21st century - an exciting Time for Physics at oxford Dr John Wheater, Chairman of the Department and other members of the Oxford University Physics team about all the latest projects and ideas that they are working on. With Alan Barr and Henry Snaith 0:39:10 John Wheater, Alan Barr, Henry Snaith 14 Nov 2012
4 Partial Differential Equations: Origins, Developments and Roles in the Changing World Professor Gui-Qiang G. Chen presents in his inaugural lecture several examples to illustrate the origins, developments, and roles of partial differential equations in our changing world. 0:52:16 Gui-Qiang George Chen 22 Dec 2010
5 Mathematics in the real world Inspired by Évariste Galois's attempts to express symmetry using mathematical equations, Professor Marcus du Sautoy explores the inextricable link between the physical world and mathematics. 0:09:22 Marcus du Sautoy 25 Nov 2010
6 Creative Commons 2.3 Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton Part 2.3. An introduction to Robert Boyle's theory of corpuscularianism and Isaac Newton's ideas on mathematics and the universe. 0:14:02 Peter Millican 16 Mar 2010
7 Creative Commons 2.1 Recap of General Philosophy Lecture 1 Part 2.1. A brief recap on the first lecture describing how Aristotle's view of the universe, dominant throughout the middle ages in Europe, came to be gradually phased out by a modern, mechanistic view of the universe. 0:05:47 Peter Millican 16 Mar 2010
8 Creative Commons 027 Hydrogen part 3 Eigenfunctions Twenty seventh lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:50:39 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
9 Creative Commons 026 Hydrogen part 2 Emission Spectra Twenty sixth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:48:46 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
10 Creative Commons 025 Hydrogen part 1 Twenty fifth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:07 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
11 Creative Commons 024 Classical Spin and Addition of Angular Momenta Twenty fourth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:58 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
12 Creative Commons 023 Spin 1/2 , Stern - Gerlach Experiment and Spin 1 Twenty third lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:49:22 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
13 Creative Commons 022 Spin Angular Momentum Twenty second lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:49:44 James Binney 05 Mar 2010
14 Creative Commons 021 Even further Orbital Angular Momentum - Eigenfunctions, Parity and Kinetic Energy Twenty-first lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:52:09 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
15 Creative Commons 020 Further Orbital Angular Momentum, Spectra of L2 and LZ Twentieth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:46:28 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
16 Creative Commons 019 Diatomic Molecules and Orbital Angular Momentum Nineteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:43:51 James Binney 09 Feb 2010
17 Creative Commons 018 Angular Momentum Eighteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:42:27 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
18 Creative Commons 017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:29 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
19 Creative Commons 016 Composite Systems - Entanglement and Operators Sixteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:51:28 James Binney 04 Feb 2010
20 Creative Commons 015 Tunnelling and Radioactive Decay Fifteenth lecture in the Quantum Mechanics course given in Hilary term 2010 0:44:21 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
21 Creative Commons 014 A Pair of Square Wells and the Ammonia Maser Fourteenth Lecture in the Quantum Mechanics Course given in Hilary term 2010 0:54:33 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
22 Creative Commons 013 Hilary: The Square Well Thirteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010 0:52:30 James Binney 26 Jan 2010
23 RoboCup Dr. Steven Cameron takes us on a trip to RoboCup. Tiny players roll across the pitch, others lumber unsteadily or roll by. The goals keep coming but the players never tire. It's football, but not as we know it. Say hello to the future of sport. 0:51:11 Steven Cameron 21 Dec 2009
24 Why Beckham chose the 23 shirt Why did Beckham chose the 23 shirt? What makes prime numbers special? Marcus duSautoy sheds light on the so-called 'masculine' numbers, explains why prime numbers will help you survive, and opens our eyes to the fascinating world of mathematics. 0:51:15 Marcus du Sautoy 21 Dec 2009
25 Creative Commons 012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field Final lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:44:04 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
26 Creative Commons 011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator Eleventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:49:23 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
27 Creative Commons 010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:50:30 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
28 Creative Commons 009 Dynamics of Oscillators and the Anharmonic Oscillator Ninth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:14 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
29 Creative Commons 008 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Wavefunctions of its Stationary States Eighth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:00 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
30 Creative Commons 007 Back to Two-Slit Interference, Generalization to Three Dimensions and the Virial Theorem Seventh Lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:52:46 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
31 Creative Commons 006 Wavefunctions for Well Defined Momentum, the Uncertainty Principle and Dynamics of a Free Particle Sixth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009 0:51:11 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
32 Creative Commons 005 Further TDSE and the Position Representation Fifth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given by Professor James Binney in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:49:46 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
33 Creative Commons 004 Commutators and Time Evolution (the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation) Fourth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given by Professor James Binney in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:54:29 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
34 Creative Commons 003 Operators and Measurement Third lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given by Professor James Binney in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:49:11 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
35 Creative Commons 002 Dirac Notation and the Energy Representation Second lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given by Professor James Binney in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:42:43 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
36 Creative Commons 001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States First lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given by Professor James Binney in Michaelmas Term 2009. 0:44:05 James Binney 11 Dec 2009
37 Einstein's Blackboard Jim Bennett, Director of the Museum of the History of Science, talks about one of the museum's prized exhibits, a blackboard Albert Einstein used in a lecture he gave to the university in 1931 0:03:37 Jim Bennett 10 Dec 2009
38 Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth "Mathematics: Navigating Nature's Dark Labyrinth" - the Inaugural Lecture of the Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science, 2009 0:52:50 Marcus du Sautoy 07 Dec 2009
39 Creative Commons Lewis Carroll in Numberland An intriguing biographical exploration of Lewis Carroll, focusing on the author's mathematical career and influences. 1:11:32 Robin Wilson 30 Nov 2009