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10. The Evolving Body: With Professor Randolph Nesse
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Evolutionary physician Professor Randolph Nesse explores the idea of 'Darwin's eye', and discusses what evolution means for our bodies, our emotions and our behaviour - as well as...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 13 Jul 2009
11. Darwin, Design and Christianity: With Professor John Brooke
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John Brooke, former Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion at Oxford University, gives his take on the exhibition 'Endless Forms', and discusses the implications of...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 13 Jul 2009
6. A Tour of 'Endless Forms': With Sir Paul Nurse
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Nobel Prize-winning biologist and Rockefeller University President Sir Paul Nurse takes a tour of the exhibition 'Endless Forms', introducing his personal highlights from a...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Mon 6 Jul 2009
7. Evolving Philosophy: With Professor Philip Kitcher
9,726 views
Can Darwinian ideas of evolution and adaptation really explain why we are how we are? Philosopher of science Professor Philip Kitcher explores the insights - and pitfalls - that...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Tue 7 Jul 2009
8. Darwin, Hooker and the Venus Flytraps: With Sir Peter Crane
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Sir Peter Crane, Former Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, talks about the fascinating friendship between Darwin and the botanist Joseph Hooker. (An audio-only podcast...
Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Created: Wed 8 Jul 2009
9. Humankind - A Troubling Future? With Lord Robert May
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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
Alison Wood - 19 October 2018 - The End of Universities?
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This event is part of the Cambridge Festival of Ideas. Bookings will open at 11:00 on Monday 24 September 2018.
From MOOCS to networked institutions, remote and off-shore...
Collection: CRASSH
Institution: Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Created: Fri 11 Jan 2019
Antimony, Gold and Jupiter's Wolf – Dr Peter Wothers' book club
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Antimony, Gold and Jupiter's Wolf is a fascinating and often surprising exploration of the stories behind how the chemical elements received their names. Delving back in time to...
Collection: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Cambridge Festival 2021
Institution: Department of Chemistry
Created: Thu 1 Apr 2021
Are we overdue for an eruption at Yellowstone? Clive Oppenheimer - Eruptions that shook the world
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Dr Clive Oppenheimer discusses cyclical volcanic activity, specifically regarding whether we are overdue for a volcanic event at Yellowstone National Park.
Collection: Cambridge Science Festival 2012
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 14 Mar 2012
Biodiversity and Spirituality
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Panel Discussion as part of the Science Festival on 13th March.
Panel members: Prof. R J Berry
Dr Barny Dickson
Dr Hilary Marlow
Dr Simon Stuart
Chair: Prof. Bob White
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Mon 15 Mar 2010
Boosting the Brain: how far would you go?
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Cambridge Festival of Ideas Panel Discussion with Prof. Barbara Sahakian, Prof. Raymond Tallis, Revd Dr Alasdair Coles and Dr Pete Moore
Collection: Faraday Institute Lectures
Institution: Faraday Institute
Created: Mon 4 Nov 2013
Building microscale architectures using nanoscale shrimp wastes
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The BIP group explores how plants and animals create vivid colours and what we can learn from them. Through these videos, and with the frequent help of electron microscopes, you...
Collection: Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry Cambridge Festival 2021
Institution: Department of Chemistry
Created: Fri 26 Mar 2021
Challenged by carbon: the oil industry and climate change
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We still need fossil fuels, but recent studies of the geological record show that we cannot burn with impunity the remaining supplies of coal, gas and oil, releasing the CO2. Join...
Collection: Cambridge Science Festival Talks
Institution: Temporary Employment Service
Created: Mon 18 Apr 2011
Charlie Higson’s history of horror at the Festival of Ideas
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Collection: Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2011
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 3 Nov 2011
Charlie Higson’s history of horror at the Festival of Ideas: Charlie talks about his latest book
905 views
Collection: Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2011
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 3 Nov 2011
Charlie Higson’s history of horror at the Festival of Ideas: listen to the full talk
244 views
Collection: Cambridge Festival of Ideas 2011
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 3 Nov 2011
Creating sound art and sound installation at the Festival of Ideas 2010
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Listen in on a sound art and sound installations workshop for teenagers and adults led by composer, sound artist and educator Duncan Chapman.
This event was presented on...
Collection: Festival of Ideas 2010 at Anglia Ruskin University
Institution: Temporary Employment Service
Created: Tue 30 Nov 2010
Darwin 2009 Festival Slideshow
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A picture slideshow to commemorate the week long festival.
Collection: Darwin Festival 2009
Institution: Department of Biological Anthropology
Created: Mon 9 Nov 2009
Dr Frank Salmon clip 2
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Dr Frank Salmon talks about the architecture of King's College Chapel as part of a talk at the 2009 Festival of Ideas.
Collection: Open Cambridge
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 24 Sep 2009
Festival Of Ideas 2008
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An introduction to the first Cambridge Festival Of Ideas.
Collection: Featured content
Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 26 Jun 2009