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800 Years of Cambridge Astronomy
This lecture, by Professor Malcolm Longair, tells the story of the development of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology over the 800 years of Cambridge University's existence. A...
Collection: Featured content
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 26 Mar 2009
9. Humankind - A Troubling Future? With Lord Robert May
Lord Robert May, Former President of the Royal Society and UK Government Chief Advisor for Science explores the significance of Darwin and his 'unsolved problems' for the issues...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Thu 9 Jul 2009
Antony Hewish
An interview of Sir Antony Hewish, the co-discoverer of pulsars and Nobel laureate in 1974, about his life and work. Filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 26th March 2008 and edited by...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Wed 13 Apr 2011
Astrobiology: the hunt for alien life
Talk given on 19 March 2011 as part of Cambridge Science Festival. Dr Lewis Dartnell investigates whether there's life in outer space.
Collection: St John's College Library
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Created: Wed 6 Jul 2011
Boots, boxes and books: the life and work of Fred Hoyle
Talk given on 19 March 2011 as part of Cambridge Science Festival. Fred Hoyle was one of the twentieth century's most creative and controversial scientists. A collection of his...
Collection: St John's College Library
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Created: Thu 10 Mar 2011
Comets and Asteroids, Moon and Mars, Science and Faith - and Life and Death
Research Seminar given by Prof Monica Grady
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Wed 24 Feb 2016
Extremes of The Universe
Extremes of the Universe
Andy Fabian, University of Cambridge
Darwin College Lecture Series 2017 – Extremes
Collection: Extremes – Darwin College Lecture Series 2017
Institution: Darwin College
Created: Tue 21 Feb 2017
Life on other planets at the Festival of Ideas, clip 2
Lord Rees investigates whether we go into space ourselves.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years –...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2010
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Life on other planets at the Festival of Ideas, clip 3
'Will we send more people into space?'
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years – although it may take...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2010
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Life on other planets at the Festival of Ideas, clip 4
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years – although it may take a further 20 years before we are able...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2010
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Life on other planets, clip 1
Here, Lord Rees explains who Hermann Bondi was.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees believes that planets resembling Earth may be discovered in the next two to three years – although it...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2010
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 1 Nov 2010
Lord Martin Rees, What does the future hold? Fri 10 July
Understanding and changing the world beyond 2050
Professor Lord Martin Rees (University of Cambridge, UK)
Summary: By 2050, we will all be increasingly empowered by technology...
Collection: Darwin Festival 2009
Institution: Department of Biological Anthropology
Created: Thu 15 Oct 2009
Lord Rees: Life in the cosmos
Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, delivers the inaugural Madingley Lecture on 10 January 2011.
The lecture is chaired by Sir Leszek...
Collection: Madingley Lectures
Institution: Institute of Continuing Education
Created: Tue 1 Feb 2011
Neil Turok
An interview on the life and work of Neil Turok, Professor of mathematical physics at Cambridge. Interviewed by Tina Kosir on 19th February 2008 and filmed by Alan Macfarlane and...
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Thu 21 Apr 2011
Old Cavendish Laboratory - an introduction by Simon Schaffer - part 2
An introduction by Professor Schaffer to the history of the Old Cavendish, filmed by Xu Bei on 11 July 2007. Rutherford and the inside of the Old Cavendish. A brief history of...
Collection: Reflections on Cambridge
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 27 Mar 2018
Owen Gingerich
An interview with the astronomer and historian of science, Owen Gingerich. Interviewed and filmed by Alan Macfarlane on 31 August 2008 and edited by Sarah Harrison.
Collection: Film Interviews with Leading Thinkers
Institution: Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Created: Tue 22 Mar 2011
Sackler Lecture 2014: The Search for Earth 2.0 - Professor Sara Seager
Institute of Astronomy Sackler Lecture 2014. The Search for Earth 2.0 - Professor Sara Seager
Collection: Sackler Lecture Series
Institution: Institute of Astronomy
Created: Mon 8 Dec 2014
Searching for cosmic dawn: the quest for the first galaxies
Talk given on 19 March 2011 as part of Cambridge Science Festival. What do we know about the earliest stars and galaxies? Dr Dan Stark explains.
Collection: St John's College Library
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Created: Wed 6 Jul 2011
Serendipitys Guide to the Galaxy
Darwin College Lecture Series 2008.
"Serendipity's Guide to the Galaxy"
by Andy Fabian (Cambridge).
Collection: Serendipity – Darwin College Lecture Series 2008
Institution: Darwin College
Created: Wed 17 Sep 2008