Ian McKellen @ Florida State University – 2009
Ian McKellen speaks at FSU about his acting career and some of the fascinating things that he has learned through theater and personal experience.
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From test tube to Turner – the role of the chemist in art
Professor Andy Abbott looked at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist
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Take one step away from the shore with the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. Set yourself apart from the crowd on an expedition into unfamiliar scientific territory with the shortlisted authors and judges of the Royal Society Winton Prize....
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During the Renaissance in Venice, composers such as the Gabrieli and Moneverdi created some of their greatest masterpieces for performance in the great churches on festive occasions. But what would the music have sounded like, given its complexity an....
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'If you knew Time as well as I do,’ the Mad Hatter says to Alice, ‘you wouldn’t talk about wasting it. It’s him.’ In this event, three writers well-acquainted with time discuss how it (or he) both controls and captivates us. Dame Gillian ....
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Panel discussion involving Professor David Freedberg, Dr Daniela Schiller, Ian McEwan and chaired by Professor Ray Dolan FRS, as 2011. Does emotion serve a particular function? How important is emotion in artistic expression? How do we study emotio....
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Discusses how Russia now makes its own Hollywood style blockbuster while retaining its cultural identity
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Siƒn Ede looks at the work of a number of leading artists who have engaged with contemporary science, whether robustly or subtly, in order to reflect a different and sometimes bizarre take on new ideas.
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Raman spectroscopy is a light scattering technique primarily used in the characterisation of vibrational modes of molecules and therefore in assessing the structure and composition of materials.
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Virginia Beeson presents on the integration of art and science throughout history and into the 21st century.
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David Bomford is Senior Restorer of Paintings at the National Gallery, London. There is a long tradition of applying scientific techniques to the study of works of art. This discourse reviews past and present approaches and shows that these advan....
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The concept of creativity from the point of view of how original ideas develop is explored with the aid of recent advances in computer modelling programming strategies. Featuring some beautiful examples, Margaret addresses the question, can computers....
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No 1 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode sets the scene in the years up to 1763.
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No 2 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from 1763 to 1770.
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No 3 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from 1770 to April 1775.
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No 4 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces developments from April 1775 to 1781.
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No 5 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode looks at the population explosion in the 18th and 19th centuries and its effect on emigration to the USA.
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looks at some of the reasons for the Industrial Revolution occurring in England rather than anywhere else.
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