Spin Doctors: Creating a planet's atmosphere in the lab |
Roland Young discusses his work on studying and recreating the atmospheres of different planets in our solar system. |
Roland Young |
30 January, 2014 |
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Ancient Astronomies - 7000 years in the Kennett Valley |
Charles Barclay gives a brief overview of the history of Astronomies and some of the fascinating insights that can be gained from these Ancient practices. |
Charles Barclay |
29 January, 2014 |
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Colonisation of Mars - the Great Debate |
Will there be humans living on Mars in the next 50 years? Is this a good thing, or something that should be completely avoided? Chris Lintott and Colin Wilson debate the pros and cons of this interesting topic. |
Chris Lintott, Colin Wilson |
29 January, 2014 |
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Dark Matter - Are we still in the dark? |
Kathryn Boast gives a talk about dark matter: what it is, what we know about it, and what the limitations of our knowledge are. |
Kathryn Boast |
28 January, 2014 |
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Inflation - The "BANG" in Big Bang |
Luke Jew talks about inflation, the process that scientists believe happened at the very start of our universe and is responsible for all the large scale structures that we see around us. |
Luke Jew |
28 January, 2014 |
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Earth-like Planets (and where to find them) |
Ever wondered if another planet like our own exists in the vast expanse of space around us? Ruth Angus explains her exciting research into Extra Solar Planets (Exo-Planets) and why research in this area is important. |
Ruth Angus |
28 January, 2014 |
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Exoplanets |
Exoplanets - a talk by Grant Miller. |
Grant Miller |
12 December, 2013 |
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Are we special in the Universe? |
Peter Hatfield asks if we are special in the Universe. |
Peter Hatfield |
12 December, 2013 |
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Black Holes |
A talk about Black Holes by Dr Brooke Simmons. |
Brooke Simmons |
12 December, 2013 |
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Astrophotography |
Mel Gigg, Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group, showcases some of his astrophotography. |
Mel Gigg |
5 December, 2013 |
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Cosmology - What We Don't Know |
Chris Lintott talks about the unknown in the study of cosmology. |
Chris Lintott |
5 December, 2013 |
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Galaxy Zoo |
Galaxy Zoo is a Citizen Science project, part of the Zooniverse, which asks the public to classify the morphology of galaxies using images taken by Hubble and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. |
Rebecca Smethurst |
5 December, 2013 |
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Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality |
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 |
4 June, 2013 |
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Uncovering Black Holes and Hunting for Planets |
Dr Brooke Simmons talks about Black Holes and planet hunting. |
Brooke Simmons |
16 April, 2013 |
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The Chelyabinsk Meteor |
In this talk Dr Ken Amor talks about the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earths atmosphere over Russia on the 15th of February 2013. |
Ken Amor |
16 April, 2013 |
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Stepping into the unknown: the search for new planets |
Astrophysicist Dr Suzanne Aigrain talks about the search for extra-solar planets. |
Suzanne Aigrain |
16 April, 2013 |
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A History of the Universe in 12 Minutes |
From big bang to the present day, Chris Lintott summarises the history of the Universe in 12 minutes. |
Chris Lintott |
16 April, 2013 |
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LOFAR and the SKA - The Universe in radio waves |
In this talk Dr Matt Jarvis talks about radio astronomy. |
Matt Jarvis |
16 April, 2013 |
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Killer asteroids |
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about large asteroid impacts. |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
16 April, 2013 |
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Pluto - no more a planet |
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about the reclassification of Pluto to a Dwarf planet and the history of its discovery. |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
16 April, 2013 |
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Astro Photography Showcase |
Mel Gigg of the Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group showcases some fantastic amateur astro-photography. |
Mel Gigg |
16 April, 2013 |
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Galaxies as a Plate of Fruit |
Professor Roger Davies explains how we can learn about the different shapes of galaxies using a plate of fruit and a telescope. |
Roger Davies |
5 February, 2013 |
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Observing with the Naked Eye |
Charles Barclay offers advice on how to get the most out of stargazing with the naked eye and the astronomical activities to look out for in the coming months. |
Charles Barclay |
4 February, 2013 |
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Stargazing Open Day 2013 |
In January 2013 over 1,000 people visited the Astronomy Open Day to meet scientists, hear the latest on research at Oxford and find out more about the stars. This video shows the range of hands-on activities that took place throughout the day. |
Leigh Fletcher, Chris Lintott |
31 January, 2013 |
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Large Meteorite Impacts on Earth |
Ken Amor looks at the science of large meteorite impacts on Earth. |
Ken Amor |
30 January, 2013 |
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Cosmology |
Jo Dunkley reviews the latest research in Cosmology. |
Jo Dunkley |
30 January, 2013 |
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Robotic Planetary Exploration |
Leigh Fletcher shows how we can use robots to discover more about the planets. |
Leigh Fletcher |
30 January, 2013 |
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Planets, Planets Everywhere! |
Dr Chris Lintott, University of Oxford, gives an overview of the discoveries made about the many billions of exo-planets - the planets that surround stars. |
Chris Lintott |
17 January, 2013 |
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Radiation and Reason |
Professor Wade Allison gives a talk about his book 'Radiation and Reason; The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear'. |
Wade Allison |
14 November, 2012 |
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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. |
Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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From Argument to Experiment |
Dr Christopher Palmer on the historical ties between physics and philosophy - from ancient philosophical thought through to the scientific revolution and the pioneers of modern physics. |
Christopher Palmer, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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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. |
Frank Arntzenius, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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Quantum Paradoxes |
Prof. Vlatko Vedral on the mind-boggling and paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics and its consequences on modern technology - the possibilities of superfast computing and teleportation. |
Vlatko Vedral, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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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. |
David Wallace, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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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. |
Roger Penrose, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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027 Hydrogen part 3 Eigenfunctions |
Twenty seventh lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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026 Hydrogen part 2 Emission Spectra |
Twenty sixth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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025 Hydrogen part 1 |
Twenty fifth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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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. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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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. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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022 Spin Angular Momentum |
Twenty second lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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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. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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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. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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019 Diatomic Molecules and Orbital Angular Momentum |
Nineteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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018 Angular Momentum |
Eighteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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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. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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016 Composite Systems - Entanglement and Operators |
Sixteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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015 Tunnelling and Radioactive Decay |
Fifteenth lecture in the Quantum Mechanics course given in Hilary term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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014 A Pair of Square Wells and the Ammonia Maser |
Fourteenth Lecture in the Quantum Mechanics Course given in Hilary term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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013 Hilary: The Square Well |
Thirteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field |
Final lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator |
Eleventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator |
Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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009 Dynamics of Oscillators and the Anharmonic Oscillator |
Ninth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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008 The Harmonic Oscillator and the Wavefunctions of its Stationary States |
Eighth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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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. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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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. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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005 Further TDSE and the Position Representation |
Fifth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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004 Commutators and Time Evolution (the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation) |
Fourth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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003 Operators and Measurement |
Third lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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002 Dirac Notation and the Energy Representation |
Second lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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001 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Probability Amplitudes and Quantum States |
First lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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