The Observer Strikes Back

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Date Added: 06/12/2016

Duration: 00:20:19

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No Boundaries for Quantum Cosmology

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Where is the observer in the universe? In the fourth part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr discuss Jim Hartle’s no-boundary proposal.

They explain how the proposal accounts for the quantum state of the universe as a whole, and how we find observers like us in a wholly quantum world. This discussion was conducted at the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.

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Department: Department of Physics

Date Added: 06/12/2016

Duration: 00:17:28

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Physics and Philosophy

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What are the limits of physics? In the third part of their discussion, Bernard Carr and Jim Hartle talk about the point at which physics ends and philosophy begins.

Their conversation touches on the connection between physics, mathematics, and evidence. This discussion was conducted in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.

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Date Added: 06/12/2016

Duration: 00:18:24

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The Quantum and Cosmological Scales

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How do we combine our theory of the very small with our theory of the largest scales of the universe? In the second part of their discussion, Jim Hartle and Bernard Carr hash out the connections between cosmology and quantum mechanics.

They also discuss how the probabilities of quantum mechanics can be applied to the universe on its largest scales. This discussion was conducted in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.

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Department: Department of Physics

Date Added: 06/12/2016

Duration: 00:28:08

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What Fine Tunings Are There?

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Is the universe fine-tuned for life? In the first part of their discussion, Bernard Carr and Jim Hartle discuss how physical theories might contain unexplained assumptions that are necessary for the existence of life.

Their discussion touches on the nature of anthropic reasoning and the possibility of the multiverse. This discussion was conducted in the Denys Wilkinson Building, Oxford, on October 18, 2016.

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Department: Department of Physics

Date Added: 06/12/2016

Duration: 00:19:41

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Statistics, the BBC and impartiality

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Jil Matheson, former UK national statistician and leader of BBC Trust Review gives a talk for The Business and Practice of Journalism Seminar Series. With an introduction by Denise Lievesley.

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Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

Date Added: 05/12/2016

Duration: 00:38:17

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Catastrophic Success: President Erdogan of Turkey and the opposition media

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Kerim Balci, editor in chief, Turkish Review gives a talk for the The Business and Practice of Journalism Seminar Series. With an introduction by Richard Sambrook.

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Department: Department of Politics and International Relations (DPIR)

Date Added: 05/12/2016

Duration: 00:40:35

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Film Trailer - Singing the Reformation

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Trailer for 'Singing the Reformation' - a film about the Oxford Bach Soloists' tour to Northern Germany as part of the knowledge-exchange project 'Recording the Reformation', led by Prof. Henrike Lähnemann at the University of Oxford.

With thanks to: James Beddoe, Caroline Halls, Tom Hammond-Davies, Katie Jeffries-Harris, Henrike Lähnemann, Felix Leach, Harry Meehan. Filmed at Kloster Mariensee, Germany. Camera: Jennifer Bunselmeier, Alex Lloyd. Sound: Elisabeth Kemper, Jennifer Bunselmeier Alex Lloyd.

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Department: Taylor Institution Library

Date Added: 05/12/2016

Duration: 00:01:06

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Concert at the Mariensee Convent with the Oxford Bach Soloists

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Concert at the Mariensee Convent with the Oxford Bach Soloists (A lecture-recital tracing the origins of Bach's Cantata 'Christ lag in Todesbanden' (BWV 4) at Mariensee Convent in Northern Germany.

The concert was given as part of the project 'Recording the Reformation', a collaboration at the University of Oxford between Prof. Henrike Lähnemann and the Oxford Bach Soloists.

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Date Added: 05/12/2016

Duration: 01:00:45

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Singing the Reformation

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A film by Alex Lloyd about the Oxford Bach Soloists' recent tour to Northern Germany as part of the knowledge-exchange project 'Recording the Reformation', led by Prof. Henrike Lähnemann at the University of Oxford.

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