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This presentation reviews the basic history of the bicycle starting with the Hobby Horse. We discuss significant changes to the bicycle in terms of efficiency, safety and comfort. These advances in bicycle technology include lighter construction, the....

Harry Kroto describes his wide artistic interests over many years.

'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 ....

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....

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....

Professor Andy Abbott looked at the changes in the artist's pallet from natural pigments through the work of the alchemist and the chemist

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.

Ian McKellen speaks at FSU about his acting career and some of the fascinating things that he has learned through theater and personal experience.

subtitled - Early Modern Humour

An introduction to the history of American Christianity

Updike's exploration of American Christianity and Hollywood movies in the 20th Century

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

looks at some of the reasons for the Industrial Revolution occurring in England rather than anywhere else.

No 7 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode traces the historical and practical reasons for the Irish famine in the 1840s.

No 8 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode looks at the parallels between 9/11 in 2001 and another attack from a disaffected minority in 1605

No 9 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode examines the transfer of a few soldiers from the military into the highest levels of government, with special reference to....

No 10 of ten talks examining the formation of the USA and its early development - from an English point of view. This episode shows how England and the USA have both increased their populations by waves of immigrants from many different areas.

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....

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....

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.

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

With portrait painter Peter Edwards, Sir Harry Kroto discusses his love of art and science.

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....

A wide-ranging discourse on how science and the enlightenment led to the great ideas of the founding fathers in the USA.

Suggestions about how to interpret a variety of written texts

Microscope expert, Michael W. Davidson of the National High Magnetic Field lab, shares his collection of amazing microscope images to inspire and engage children all around the world.

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The English mastermind comes to us for a special lecture and presentation on the fundamental role of art in scientific processes. Kroto will urge us to continue tapping into America?s most original and steadfast resource: creativity.nAt ARTISANworks,....

Virginia Beeson presents on the integration of art and science throughout history and into the 21st century.

The story of the artist and his paintings recounted by his daughter

Charles Falco describes his and David Hockney's theory of the use of optical devices by mediaeval artists.

A brief critical survey of the necessary function of the arts and their similarity to science.