| 09. Geometry of Solids I: Crystal Structure in Real Space |
Lecture 9 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 08. Microscopic View of Electrons in Solids in One Dimension: Tight Binding Chain |
Lecture 8 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 07. Microscopic View of Vibrations in Solids in One Dimension II: The Diatomic (Alternating) Harmonic Chain |
Lecture 7 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 06. Microscopic View of Vibrations in Solids in One Dimension I: The Monatomic Harmonic Chain |
Lecture 6 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 05. Chemistry in a Nutshell |
Lecture 5 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 04. Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 4 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 03. Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals / Sommerfeld (Free Electron) Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 3 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 02. Debye Model of Vibrations in Solids; Drude Theory of Electrons in Metals |
Lecture 2 in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| 01. Introduction to Condensed Matter; Einstein Model of Vibrations in Solids |
First in a series of 21 lectures on solid state physics, delivered by Professor Steven H. Simon in early 2014. |
Steven H. Simon |
9 September, 2014 |
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| Oxford Astrophysics |
A video explaining what is Astrophysics and what's going on in Astrophysics at Oxford |
Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley, katherine blundell |
22 July, 2014 |
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| Plants, Photosynthesis, and Solar Energy |
The planet is in trouble; fossil fuels are being depleted and are contributing to global warming. Plants, however, have been directly harnessing solar energy for as long as they have existed. A flash talk from Tomas Leijtens. |
Tomas Leijtens |
7 July, 2014 |
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| Are we still in the dark about Dark Matter? |
Kathryn boast gives a flash talk discussing what we already know about dark matter, and what we still have to find out about it. |
Kathryn Boast |
7 July, 2014 |
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| Einstein's Greatest Blunder |
Albert Einstein is one of the greatest scientists to ever live, and even he made mistakes, as Luke Jew explains - A comforting thought for all of us! This great mistake was about the astrophysics that will ultimately determine how our universe will end. |
Luke Jew |
7 July, 2014 |
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| The Hare and the Tortoise |
A flash talk given by Liam Brannigan about "Connecting the fast and slow parts of the climate system through the stormy upper ocean. " |
Liam Brannigan |
7 July, 2014 |
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| Quantum Measurement and Control: How to Roll a Six Everytime |
In this flash talk Wojciech Kozlowski discusses the bizarre properties of measurement and how we can harness its probabilistic nature to produce results. |
Wojciech Kozlowski |
7 July, 2014 |
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| Space - The Ultimate Laboratory |
What can space teach us about the laws of physics? Space is huge and complicated. This is a challenge, but also gives us the ultimate physics lab. Francesca Day explores this further. |
Francesca Day |
7 July, 2014 |
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| How the Universe Evolved From Smooth to Lumpy -- the Physics of Galaxy Formation |
The 2014 Halley Lecture delivered by Professor Eliot Quataert |
Eliot Quataert |
13 June, 2014 |
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| Churchill, Oxford physicists and the Bomb |
Physics Colloquium 30th May delivered by Graham Farmelo |
Graham Farmelo |
11 June, 2014 |
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| PT-symmetric Quantum Mechanics |
Physics Colloquium 23rd May Delivered by Professor Carl M. Bender |
Carl Bender |
2 June, 2014 |
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| Galaxies and the Intergalactic Medium |
10th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture by Prof. James Binney. |
James Binney |
22 May, 2014 |
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| Turning in the Widening Gyre: Accretion Processes in the Universe |
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Steven Balbus looking at the history of the universe |
Steven Balbus |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Lorenz Gödel and Penrose: new perspectives on determinism and unpredictability, from fundamental physics to the science of climate change |
The 9th Dennis Sciama Memorial Lecture, looking at chaos theory and climate change |
Tim Palmer |
7 April, 2014 |
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| Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life between the stars |
Halley Lecture 2013 by Professor Dr Ewine van Dishoeck on new developments in astronomy |
Ewine van Dishoeck |
7 April, 2014 |
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| The Fast Track to Finding an Inhabited Exoplanet |
The 8th Hintze Lecture by Professor David Charbonneau looking at investigating habitable exoplanets. |
David Charbonneau |
7 April, 2014 |
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| The SKA |
Matt Jarvis discusses square kilometer array, commonly known as SKA, in this short Stargazing talk. |
Matt Jarvis |
4 February, 2014 |
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| Lab, Camera, Action: Tides |
The Bay of St Brieuc in Brittany has one of the largest tides on Earth. Dr Andrew Steele takes some time out of his holiday, on the day of the highest tide of the year, to find out why. |
Andrew Steele |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Lab, Camera, Action: Transit of Venus |
In June of 2012, one of the rarest predictable astronomical phenomena took place: Venus passed directly in front of the Sun, as seen from Earth. For more information, visit transitofvenus.org. |
Andrew Steele |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Lab, Camera, Action: Maglev Train |
Wheels are so last century. We’ve got a train set which doesn’t have any; it just floats around the track in a billowing cloud of steam. Dr Andrew Steele explains how our superconducting magnetic levitation—or maglev—train really works. |
Andrew Steele |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Lab, Camera, Action: Particle Accelerator |
Dr Andrew Steele takes a look inside the ISIS particle accelerator in Oxfordshire, where scientists use neutrons to investigate the structure of materials, and accelerator physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy explains how this massive machine works. |
Andrew Steele, Suzie Sheehy |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Lab, Camera, Action: Make your own CD spectrometer |
How do we know what the stars are made of when we've never been to one? Dr Andrew Steele shows us how to make a spectrometer, a device used by scientists to analyse light, using a cereal box and a CD. |
Andrew Steele |
3 February, 2014 |
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| Is our galaxy special? |
Chris Lintott looks at the distinctive features of our galaxy and whether it is really special. |
Chris Lintott |
31 January, 2014 |
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| Galaxy Zoo project |
Becky Smethurst from the Zooniverse team outlines the Galaxy Zoo project that allows members of the public to classify new galaxies. |
Becky Smethurst |
31 January, 2014 |
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| Zooniverse: Live |
Grant Miller and Becky Smethurst give a live demonstration of the Zooniverse tool and explain how it works. |
Becky Smethurst, Grant Miller |
30 January, 2014 |
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| Atmospheres in the solar system ... and beyond! |
What is it like on the planets in our solar system? How hot are they? Is there any water? Jo Barstow explains this and more in her talk. |
Jo Barstow |
30 January, 2014 |
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| Spin Doctors: Creating a planet's atmosphere in the lab |
Roland Young discusses his work on studying and recreating the atmospheres of different planets in our solar system. |
Roland Young |
30 January, 2014 |
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| Ancient Astronomies - 7000 years in the Kennett Valley |
Charles Barclay gives a brief overview of the history of Astronomies and some of the fascinating insights that can be gained from these Ancient practices. |
Charles Barclay |
29 January, 2014 |
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| Colonisation of Mars - the Great Debate |
Will there be humans living on Mars in the next 50 years? Is this a good thing, or something that should be completely avoided? Chris Lintott and Colin Wilson debate the pros and cons of this interesting topic. |
Chris Lintott, Colin Wilson |
29 January, 2014 |
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| Dark Matter - Are we still in the dark? |
Kathryn Boast gives a talk about dark matter: what it is, what we know about it, and what the limitations of our knowledge are. |
Kathryn Boast |
28 January, 2014 |
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| Inflation - The "BANG" in Big Bang |
Luke Jew talks about inflation, the process that scientists believe happened at the very start of our universe and is responsible for all the large scale structures that we see around us. |
Luke Jew |
28 January, 2014 |
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| Earth-like Planets (and where to find them) |
Ever wondered if another planet like our own exists in the vast expanse of space around us? Ruth Angus explains her exciting research into Extra Solar Planets (Exo-Planets) and why research in this area is important. |
Ruth Angus |
28 January, 2014 |
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| The Physics of the Violin |
Jesse Liu, winner of the the departmental Speaking Competition for undergraduates, gives a short talk on the physics of a violin. |
Jesse Liu |
13 December, 2013 |
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| The coldest place in the Universe |
Tiffany Harte, Oxford Physics, discusses absolute zero temperatures and how by cooling atoms in a lab we can aim to replicate the coldest place in the Universe. |
Tiffany Harte |
13 December, 2013 |
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| Heart of Darkness: The Interplay of Galaxies and Dark Matter |
A short flash talk from Peter Hatfield, Oxford Physics, who discusses the origins of the galaxies we see in our night sky and the mysterious nature of dark matter. |
Peter Hatfield |
13 December, 2013 |
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| Superconductivity -- alchemy for the 21st Century? |
An exciting talk and demonstration about superconductivity and its potential practical applications by Ben Williams, Oxford Physics. |
Ben Williams |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Sea Ice Growth: Mushy layers, Convection and Brinicles |
Joe Hitchen, Oxford University Physics Department, describe the different stages of sea ice growth and the formation of hollow tubes of ice in the ocean known as brinicles. |
Joe Hitchen |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Matter, Antimatter and The Mystery of Existence |
In this talk Nazim Hussain, Oxford University, will provide an introduction to matter and antimatter and the interplay between them. |
Nazim Hussain |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Exoplanets |
Exoplanets - a talk by Grant Miller. |
Grant Miller |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Are we special in the Universe? |
Peter Hatfield asks if we are special in the Universe. |
Peter Hatfield |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Black Holes |
A talk about Black Holes by Dr Brooke Simmons. |
Brooke Simmons |
12 December, 2013 |
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| Astrophotography |
Mel Gigg, Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group, showcases some of his astrophotography. |
Mel Gigg |
5 December, 2013 |
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| Cosmology - What We Don't Know |
Chris Lintott talks about the unknown in the study of cosmology. |
Chris Lintott |
5 December, 2013 |
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| Galaxy Zoo |
Galaxy Zoo is a Citizen Science project, part of the Zooniverse, which asks the public to classify the morphology of galaxies using images taken by Hubble and the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. |
Rebecca Smethurst |
5 December, 2013 |
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| How to find a Higgs boson |
The discovery of the Higgs boson last summer is widely regarded as one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time. |
David Hall |
4 June, 2013 |
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| What is a Quantum Computer? |
How does a quantum computer work? Why is a quantum computer so much better than a traditional computer? This talk will give you an insight into the strange features of the quantum world that we can exploit to develop a super fast quantum computer. |
Michael Peterer |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Dealing with Frustration - Order in Disorder |
Magnetic particles can get frustrated in their interactions with other particles because of lattice geometry. Lots of new and exciting physics is involved in understanding how they deal with their frustration. |
Zhiming Darren Tan |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Masters of Nature? - The physics of trying to control the climate |
The Earth's climate is changing; but what are we doing about it? The frustration felt all around the world at the inability to agree a meaningful deal on global carbon dioxide emission leaves people looking for alternatives. |
Richard Millar |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Light Fantastic: X-ray Laser Research in Oxford |
David LLoyd describes how x-rays can be used for far more than identifying broken bones. |
David Lloyd |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality |
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds. |
Ruth Angus |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Extra-solar planets: from science-fiction to reality |
Since the discovery of the first extra-solar planet in the '90s, our perspective of the Universe has changed. Over the last two decades a whole host of exotic planet systems have been found, including analogues of famous science-fiction-worlds. |
Ruth Angus |
4 June, 2013 |
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| Uncovering Black Holes and Hunting for Planets |
Dr Brooke Simmons talks about Black Holes and planet hunting. |
Brooke Simmons |
16 April, 2013 |
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| The Chelyabinsk Meteor |
In this talk Dr Ken Amor talks about the Chelyabinsk meteor, which entered Earths atmosphere over Russia on the 15th of February 2013. |
Ken Amor |
16 April, 2013 |
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| Stepping into the unknown: the search for new planets |
Astrophysicist Dr Suzanne Aigrain talks about the search for extra-solar planets. |
Suzanne Aigrain |
16 April, 2013 |
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| A History of the Universe in 12 Minutes |
From big bang to the present day, Chris Lintott summarises the history of the Universe in 12 minutes. |
Chris Lintott |
16 April, 2013 |
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| LOFAR and the SKA - The Universe in radio waves |
In this talk Dr Matt Jarvis talks about radio astronomy. |
Matt Jarvis |
16 April, 2013 |
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| Killer asteroids |
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about large asteroid impacts. |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
16 April, 2013 |
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| Pluto - no more a planet |
In this talk Jocelyn Bell Burnell talks about the reclassification of Pluto to a Dwarf planet and the history of its discovery. |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
16 April, 2013 |
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| Astro Photography Showcase |
Mel Gigg of the Chipping Norton Amateur Astronomy Group showcases some fantastic amateur astro-photography. |
Mel Gigg |
16 April, 2013 |
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| Galaxies as a Plate of Fruit |
Professor Roger Davies explains how we can learn about the different shapes of galaxies using a plate of fruit and a telescope. |
Roger Davies |
5 February, 2013 |
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| Observing with the Naked Eye |
Charles Barclay offers advice on how to get the most out of stargazing with the naked eye and the astronomical activities to look out for in the coming months. |
Charles Barclay |
4 February, 2013 |
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| Stargazing Open Day 2013 |
In January 2013 over 1,000 people visited the Astronomy Open Day to meet scientists, hear the latest on research at Oxford and find out more about the stars. This video shows the range of hands-on activities that took place throughout the day. |
Leigh Fletcher, Chris Lintott |
31 January, 2013 |
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| Large Meteorite Impacts on Earth |
Ken Amor looks at the science of large meteorite impacts on Earth. |
Ken Amor |
30 January, 2013 |
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| Cosmology |
Jo Dunkley reviews the latest research in Cosmology. |
Jo Dunkley |
30 January, 2013 |
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| Robotic Planetary Exploration |
Leigh Fletcher shows how we can use robots to discover more about the planets. |
Leigh Fletcher |
30 January, 2013 |
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| Planets, Planets Everywhere! |
Dr Chris Lintott, University of Oxford, gives an overview of the discoveries made about the many billions of exo-planets - the planets that surround stars. |
Chris Lintott |
17 January, 2013 |
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| Radiation and Reason |
Professor Wade Allison gives a talk about his book 'Radiation and Reason; The Impact of Science on a Culture of Fear'. |
Wade Allison |
14 November, 2012 |
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| Physics and Philosophy: An Introduction |
On the inextricable links between physics and philosophy and the ways in which one can lead to the other - how they complement each other in answering the big questions. |
Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| From Argument to Experiment |
Dr Christopher Palmer on the historical ties between physics and philosophy - from ancient philosophical thought through to the scientific revolution and the pioneers of modern physics. |
Christopher Palmer, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| Space and Time |
Prof. Frank Arntzenius on whether space and time are absolute entities or simply relational properties derived from the idea of motion - an old debate between Newton and Leibniz, carried on today. |
Frank Arntzenius, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| Quantum Paradoxes |
Prof. Vlatko Vedral on the mind-boggling and paradoxical nature of quantum mechanics and its consequences on modern technology - the possibilities of superfast computing and teleportation. |
Vlatko Vedral, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| Parallel Worlds |
Dr. David Wallace on the many-worlds theory, an explanation of the baffling results that quantum mechanics provides us with - and that there may be more worlds than just our own. |
David Wallace, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| Consciousness and Computability |
Prof. Sir Roger Penrose on the idea of artificial intelligence and whether consciousness can be replicated by a computer - a discussion of new physics which may take us closer to explaining the mind. |
Roger Penrose, Ankita Anirban |
30 July, 2012 |
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| Higgs boson-like particle discovery claimed at the Large Hadron Collider |
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider claim the discovery of the Higgs boson particle. Alan Barr of Oxford's Physics department, UK physics coordinator for LHC's ATLAS experiment, describes what it means for science. |
Alan Barr, Steven Legg |
5 July, 2012 |
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| 027 Hydrogen part 3 Eigenfunctions |
Twenty seventh lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 026 Hydrogen part 2 Emission Spectra |
Twenty sixth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 025 Hydrogen part 1 |
Twenty fifth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 024 Classical Spin and Addition of Angular Momenta |
Twenty fourth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 023 Spin 1/2 , Stern - Gerlach Experiment and Spin 1 |
Twenty third lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 022 Spin Angular Momentum |
Twenty second lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
5 March, 2010 |
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| 021 Even further Orbital Angular Momentum - Eigenfunctions, Parity and Kinetic Energy |
Twenty-first lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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| 020 Further Orbital Angular Momentum, Spectra of L2 and LZ |
Twentieth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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| 019 Diatomic Molecules and Orbital Angular Momentum |
Nineteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
9 February, 2010 |
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| 018 Angular Momentum |
Eighteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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| 017 Einstein-Podolski-Rosen Experiment and Bell's Inequality |
Seventeenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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| 016 Composite Systems - Entanglement and Operators |
Sixteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
4 February, 2010 |
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| 015 Tunnelling and Radioactive Decay |
Fifteenth lecture in the Quantum Mechanics course given in Hilary term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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| 014 A Pair of Square Wells and the Ammonia Maser |
Fourteenth Lecture in the Quantum Mechanics Course given in Hilary term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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| 013 Hilary: The Square Well |
Thirteenth lecture in Professor James Binney's Quantum Mechanics Lecture series given in Hilary Term 2010. |
James Binney |
26 January, 2010 |
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| 012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field |
Final lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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| 011 Transformation of Operators and the Parity Operator |
Eleventh lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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| 010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator |
Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009. |
James Binney |
11 December, 2009 |
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