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Professor Brian Cox reveals how Earth's beauty is created by just a handful of forces
Forces of Nature is a four-part television documentary series presented by physicist Brian Cox.
The series was co-produced by BBC Studios, PBS and France Télévisions and originally aired in the United Kingdom weekly from 4 July 2016 at 21:00 on BBC One.
Professor Brian Cox combines some of the most spectacular sights on Earth with our deepest understanding of the universe to reveal how the planet’s beauty is created by just a handful of forces.
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Helen Czerski takes us on a spectacular journey tp the extremes of the temperature scale
Dr Helen Czerski goes on a spectacular journey to the extremes of the temperature scale, where everyday laws of physics break down and a new world of scientific possibility begins.
Everything around us – from the tiniest insect on Earth to the most distant stars of the cosmos – exists somewhere on a vast scale from cold to hot. In this series, physicist Dr Helen Czerski explores the extraordinary science of temperature. She unlocks the extremes of the temperature scale, … Ler mais
Documentary in which Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada Lovelace's remarkable life
Ada Lovelace was a most unlikely computer pioneer. In this film, Dr Hannah Fry tells the story of Ada’s remarkable life. Born in the early 19th century, Ada was a countess of the realm, a scandalous socialite and an ‘enchantress of numbers’. The film is an enthralling tale of how a life infused with brilliance, but blighted by illness and gambling addiction, helped give rise to the modern era of computing.
Hannah traces Ada’s unlikely union with the father of … Ler mais
Mathematician Dr Hannah Fry presents the 2019 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
We think our lives unfold thanks to a mix of luck and our own personal choices. But that’s not quite true. An unseen layer of mathematics governs every aspect of our world.
Life’s most astonishing miracles can be understood with probability. Big data dictates many of the hot new fashions we follow. Even our choices on Netflix, or our choice of who we marry, is secretly influenced by computer algorithms.
In a series of lectures packed with mind-boggling demos and … Ler mais
Full length talks from the world’s leading scientists and writers
The Royal Institution was founded to introduce new technologies and teach science to the general public through lectures and demonstrations. Humphry Davy, one of the first Professors, established scientific research as a crucial part of the Ri’s identity, something never envisaged by the founders of the institution.
Over the last two centuries our building and labs have been home to famous scientists, such as Michael Faraday, who made discoveries here which have helped shape the modern world.… Ler mais
The Computer Programme asks: what can computers do for us? Who is using them now, and where is this technology likely to lead?
Chris Serle, Ian McNaught-Davis and Gill Nevill begin their exploration of the world of Information Science and ask: what can computers do for us? Who is using them now, and where is this technology likely to lead? (1982)
This series looked at all major aspects of computing, using a naive presenter (Chris Serle) and a computer expert – Ian McNaught Davis. The programmes consisted of a lively mix of real life examples of computers in use – at how … Ler mais
Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of how the elements, the building blocks that make up our entire world, were discovered and mapped
Chemistry: A Volatile History is a 2010 BBC documentary on the history of chemistry presented by Jim Al-Khalili. It was nominated for the 2010 British Academy Television Awards in the category Specialist Factual.
1/3 Discovering the Elements
The story of how the elements were discovered and mapped begins with the alchemists who questioned that the world was made up of earth, air, fire and water.
2/3 The Order of the Elements
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how the early … Ler mais
Multi-layered documentary revealing the human story of Marie Curie, whose pioneering research on radioactivity made her the world's most famous female scientist
Over 80 years after her death, Marie Curie remains by far the best-known female scientist. In her lifetime, she became that rare thing – a celebrity scientist, attracting the attention of the news cameras and tabloid gossip. They were fascinated because she was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and is still the only person to have won two Nobels in two different sciences. But while the bare bones of her scientific life, the obstacles she had to … Ler mais
Horizon examines the story of infinity – older than time, bigger than the universe and stranger than fiction
By our third year, most of us will have learned to count. Once we know how, it seems as if there would be nothing to stop us counting forever. But, while infinity might seem like an perfectly innocent idea, keep counting and you enter a paradoxical world where nothing is as it seems.
Mathematicians have discovered there are infinitely many infinities, each one infinitely bigger than the last. And if the universe goes on forever, the consequences are even more … Ler mais
Patterns, shapes, and colours
Nature follows a number of intricate and subtle mathematical rules to produce the patterns, shapes, and colours that we find so mesmerizing.
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Wherever we find patterns and symmetry in nature, we also find that nature conforms to certain rules. Rules that combine elegance with efficiency. Rules that shape trees and river estuaries alike, and that continue to baffle scientists by their often unfathomable ubiquity.
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How to have a happier life and a better world all thanks to maths, in this witty, mind-expanding guide to the science of success with Hannah Fry
Following in the footsteps of BBC Four’s award-winning maths films The Joy of Stats and The Joy of Data, this latest gleefully nerdy adventure sees mathematician Dr Hannah Fry unlock the essential strategies you’ll need to get what you want – to win – more of the time. From how to bag a bargain dinner to how best to stop the kids arguing on a long car journey, maths can give you a winning strategy. And the same rules … Ler mais
A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer
In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old Greek shipwreck. Among the ship’s cargo they hauled up was an unimpressive green lump of corroded bronze.
Rusted remnants of gear wheels could be seen on its surface, suggesting some kind of intricate mechanism. The first X-ray studies confirmed that idea, but how it worked … Ler mais
Exploring whether machines built to enhance our lives could one day become our rivals
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Ben Garrod and Danielle George explore whether machines built to enhance our lives could become our greatest rivals. Ben meets one of the most humanlike robots in the world, Erica.
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Ben Garrod and Danielle George investigate whether robots will ever become our friends, if we should trust them with our lives, and if one day they will even become conscious.
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How will human-like robots change our future and how we see ourselves?
They run our factory assembly lines and make our coffee. But humanoid robots — machines with human-like capabilities — have long been the stuff of science fiction. Until now.
Fueled by an ambitious DARPA challenge, the race is on to design a robot that can replace humans in disaster relief situations. Follow the robots and the engineers that program them as they strive to make their way out of the lab and into the real world. But how capable … Ler mais
