Search
"The Guitar in Tudor London", Prof. Christopher Page (U of Cambridge) . Describes first references to guitars in England in writing and art. Replicas are played. #history #music #lecture
Few people now remember that the guitar was popular in England during the age of Queen Elizabeth and Shakespeare, and yet it was played everywhere from the royal court to the common tavern.
In 1559 Queen Elizabeth herself received a case of three guitars as a New-Year’s day present.
This opening lecture of the series, with musical illustrations, uses documents, poetry and images to bring the instrument to life, with a particular focus on the autobiography of the beguiling Tudor musician Thomas Whythorne.
"20th Century UFO Conspiracies" , Prof. Felix Harcourt (Emory U). Particularly government-related, mirroring tech advances and social anxieties. #history #sociology
Professor Felix Harcourt talked about how conspiracy theories about UFOs have shaped America culture. He began in the late 1940s and described how public opinion about extraterrestrials changed over the course of the 20th century, often paralleling societal anxieties.
Emory University professor Felix Harcourt teaches a class on how conspiracy theories about UFOs have shaped America culture. He begins in the late 1940s and describes how public opinion about extraterrestrials changed over the course of the 20th century, often paralleling societal anxieties.
Audio-only direct link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/ADV5745402173.mp3
"Black Holes and the Fundamental Laws of Physics", Jerome Gauntlett
Description from YouTube Black holes are extraordinary and may even hold the key to unlocking the next phase in our understanding of the laws of physics. Watch the Q&A here: https://youtu.be/0GZRt8kIdVE Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe
Black holes are amongst the most extraordinary objects that are known to exist in the universe. Jerome Gauntlett will discuss their fascinating properties and describe the dramatic recent observations of black holes using gravitational waves. He will also explain why it is believed that black holes hold the key to unlocking the next level of our understanding of the fundamental laws of physics.
Jerome Gauntlett is a professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College. His principal research interests are focussed on string theory, quantum field theory and black holes. Most recently he has been investigating whether string theory techniques can be used to study exotic states of matter that arise in condensed matter physics. He was Head of the Theoretical Physics Group at Imperial from 2011-2016.
He was the theoretical physics consultant for the film The Theory of Everything and he has an Erdos-Bacon number of six (having written a paper with Shing-Tung Yau and appeared in the film Windrider with Nicole Kidman).
The Ri is on Twitter: http://twitter.com/ri_science and Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/royalinstitution and Tumblr: http://ri-science.tumblr.com/ Our editorial policy: http://rigb.org/home/editorial-policy Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter