Music and Architecture: Confronting the Boundaries between Space and Sound The architect/mathematician turned composer, Iannis Xenakis, was Gresham Professor of...
Experts in politics: Lessons from Socrates and Aristotle Socrates sought to test the expertise of everyone around him...
Race, Disability & Education: Law's Uphill Battle This lecture traces the history of race and disability law...
Logarithms: Mobile Phones, Modelling & Statistics? Logarithms were perhaps once thought of as just an old-fashioned...
Saving the Twentieth Century How far can experimental buildings of the 1960s and '70s be altered for new uses? Should there be new rules for a new era of conservation?
How to Prove 1=0, And Other Maths Illusions In this lecture I will show you some mathematical illusions...
In the brain of the beholder? The principles of beauty and sex appeal What constitutes human facial beauty and bodily attractiveness? How do...
What went wrong in Latin America? The failures of import-substituting industrialisation In the Great Depression, producers of food and raw materials...
Democracy: Ancient Models, Modern Challenges Demokratia is the power (kratos) of the people (demos). But...