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The lone (mad) scientist is a common trope in science fiction, but hidden away is a fascination with secret and semi-secret societies who work for the future of all mankind. This talk will look at the representation of the Royal Society in science fi....

How does the reality of science reflect its portrayal in films, TV and other popular media?

Early lighthouses used coil and wood fires before moving on to gas and then electricity powered lights.  Massive improvements took place by using a lens system around the light.  The development of the Fresnel lens brought what we now regard as the....

From structure and topology, to mechanical and electronic properties, a seemingly simple change in bonding between carbon atoms can conceive a plethora of material types. With diamond and graphite known since antiquity, better understanding of the sy....

The art work shown in this film emerged from a closed interactive-style experiential art group. The women were active in the production of collective knowledge, as well as active in interrogating their own, very particular, feelings about the process....

Discusses how Russia now makes its own Hollywood style blockbuster while retaining its cultural identity

A short film including some of the exhibits and interviews with academics involved in the event that took place Summer 2011

The physics of the eye, its performance and colour vision: refraction and accommodation; photoreceptors and resolution; compromises in visual performance.

On scales much bigger than the wavelength, rays explain the behaviour of interfaces, mirrors, lenses, optical instruments, including telescopes and microscopes.

White light comprises colours in the visible spectrum. The electromagnetic spectrum. Speed of light. Young's experiment and waves. Quanta and photons.

Sound is produced in the larynx; filtering it in the vocal tract produces formants and phonemes. The acoustics, mechanics and some neurobiology of hearing. Pitch perception.

Reflecting waves gives standing waves, which can be resonances. Standing waves on strings and in pipes and plates.

Superposing waves with different frequencies gives beats and Tartini tones. Removing beats gives consonance. Tuning consonances gives temperament.

Frequency, amplitude, envelope and spectrum affect pitch, loudness and timbre. All are discussed and quantified here.

Moving either source or receiver produces a frequency shift called the Doppler effect, which we measure and analyse.

Sound is a longitudinal wave of variations in pressure and density. We derive and measure its speed.

The wave equation and its physical origin. Power in a wave and its relation to intensity in radiation.

In an extended medium, inertia and a restoring force can lead to waves, which reflect at boundaries, either erect or inverted.

Inertia and restoring forces can, with low friction or damping, lead to oscillations and resonance. We analyse the mechanics of vibrations.

The inverse square law explains planetary motion - and apples falling. Newton's law, measuring G, calculating orbits.

Torques produce angular acceleration, moment of inertia 'resists' it. Rotational kinetic energy and angular momentum.

A carved female figurine dating to at least 35,000 years ago has been recovered from caves in the Hohle Fels region of Germany. The figure represents the oldest figurative art yet discovered. In this film the authors describe the importance of their ....

p=mv. If external forces are zero, momentum is conserved. In collisions, energy may be conserved (elastic) or not (inelastic).