Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...
Time for a Change: Introducing irreversible time in economics An exploration of the remarkable consequences of using Boltzmann's 1870s...
Is the growth in the emerging economies additional or are we growing more slowly? Speakers look at the limits to world economic growth from...
Brain Reconstruction: the next biomedical breakthrough, or a biological impossibility? How close are we to true brain reconstruction? Professor Jack...
The Roman Denarius and the Euro: A precedent for monetary union? A look at the way the Roman Empire has sometimes...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...