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Dealing with Frustration - Order in Disorder

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Magnetic particles can get frustrated in their interactions with other particles because of lattice geometry. Lots of new and exciting physics is involved in understanding how they deal with their frustration.

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Zhiming Darren Tan
Keywords
oxford
geometry
particles
Physics
theory
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:09:34

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Masters of Nature? - The physics of trying to control the climate

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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The Earth's climate is changing; but what are we doing about it? The frustration felt all around the world at the inability to agree a meaningful deal on global carbon dioxide emission leaves people looking for alternatives.
Do we have the ability to manipulate our planet's climate to prevent the effects of global warming? If so how? What would be the consequences of attempting to do so? Understanding the physics of the Earth's climate is essential to answering these questions. Using the state-of-the-art computing power we are improving our knowledge of how the Earth works and of what any attempts to manipulate our climate would mean for the world we live in today...

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Richard Millar
Keywords
atmosphere
co2
nature
climate change
global warming
weather
carbon dioxide
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:12:46

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Light Fantastic: X-ray Laser Research in Oxford

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David LLoyd describes how x-rays can be used for far more than identifying broken bones.
From tracking the motion of electron to imaging the structure of viruses, he illustrates some examples of how researchers are using new x-ray sources to explore the microscopic world.

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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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David Lloyd
Keywords
laser
microscope
imaging
oxford
Physics
x-ray
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:12:45

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Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality

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Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds.
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds.
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Oxford Physics Short Talks and Introductions
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Ruth Angus
Keywords
sci-fi
stargazing
nasa
earth
astronomy
Physics
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:10:50

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Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality

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Stargazing
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Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds.
Ruth Angus summarises some of the key discoveries in the field of extra-solar planets and discusses the likelihood of finding Earth II as the number of confirmed exoplanets approaches one-thousand.
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Stargazing
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Ruth Angus
Keywords
sci-fi
stargazing
nasa
earth
astronomy
Physics
Department: Department of Physics
Date Added: 04/06/2013
Duration: 00:10:50

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Al-Azhar and Interpretation of Sharia in the New Egyptian Constitution

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Dr Masooda Bano, University Research Lecturer, Oxford Department of International Development, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Masooda Bano
Keywords
sharia
politics
law
islam
Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Date Added: 03/06/2013
Duration: 00:09:10

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Implementing "Sharia" in Syria's liberated areas

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Dr Thomas Pierret, Lecturer in Contemporary Islam, University of Edinburgh, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013.
This is part of Panel 3: Who Interprets the Sharia.
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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Thomas Pierret
Keywords
sharia
politics
law
islam
Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Date Added: 03/06/2013
Duration: 00:20:45

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Pro-Women Legal Reform in Morocco: Is Religion an Obstacle?

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Dr Imane Chaara, Departmental Lecturer in Development Economics, Oxford Department of International Development, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013.
This is part of Panel one: Sharia and Social Reform.

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Imane Chaara
Keywords
sharia
politics
law
islam
Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Date Added: 03/06/2013
Duration: 00:29:10

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Comparing Sharia with the Modern Constitutions

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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Siraj Khan, Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, gives a talk for the Law, Religion and Social Order: Unpacking the Promise of Sharia workshop held on 17th May 2013.
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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Siraj Khan
Keywords
sharia
politics
law
islam
Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Date Added: 03/06/2013
Duration: 00:22:24

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Sharia law and Muslim legal mythology

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Professor Robert Gleave, Professor of Arabic Studies at Exeter University, will be opening a workshop on Sharia Law with a lecture; Sharia law and Muslim legal mythology.
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Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
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Robert Gleave
Keywords
sharia
politics
law
islam
Department: Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
Date Added: 03/06/2013
Duration: 00:42:02

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