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Linguamania

How do metaphors shape our world?

We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking?
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Origins" - Complete Episode

The subject of origins is explored - from human fertilisation to the Big Bang. Includes parts 1, 2 and 3.
Big Questions - with Oxford Sparks

"Origins" Part 2 - Origins of Earth and the Solar System

Professor Alex Halliday explains how planets form from nothing but an area of space full of dust. Tiny differences between the elements that make up meteorites can give you an idea of how old they are and which part of the solar system they came from.
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Physics and Philosophy: An Introduction

On the inextricable links between physics and philosophy and the ways in which one can lead to the other - how they complement each other in answering the big questions.
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Space and Time

Prof. Frank Arntzenius on whether space and time are absolute entities or simply relational properties derived from the idea of motion - an old debate between Newton and Leibniz, carried on today.
Oxford Physics Public Lectures
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Parallel Worlds

Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum mechanics provides us with - and that there may be more worlds than just our own.
The History of Science Museum

Decimalising Time: Calendar and Clocks in the French Revolution

Dr Matthew Shaw, British Library, talks about the extraordinary revisions of time measurement adopted in the French Revolution.
Keble College

Delete!

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget.

Delete!

Viktor Mayer-Schönberger looks at the important role that forgetting has played throughout human history, the surprising phenomenon of perfect remembering in the digital age, and why we must reintroduce our capacity to forget.

When the Audience Clicks: Buying Attention in the Digital Age

Discussion of media buying and the attention-creation industry - showing how the fixation on audiences' click-like behaviour is a disruptive institutional force, and how buyers' new approaches to attention are creating new forms of social discrimination.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

The Early Universe and Alzheimer's

Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's.
Inside Oxford Science

The Early Universe and Alzheimer's

Pedro discusses the Big Bang and the early Universe, and Jonathan details Oxford's groundbreaking research of the genetics of Alzheimer's.

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