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The Secrets of Mathematics

A series of talks and lectures from Oxford Mathematicians exploring the power and beauty of their subject. These talks would appeal to anyone interested in mathematics and its ever-growing range of ap... Read more

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Can Yule Solve My Problems? - Alex Bellos

Can Yule Solve My Problems? - Alex Bellos

In our Oxford Mathematics Christmas Lecture Alex Bellos challenges you with some festive brainteasers as he tells the st... Read more

13 Dec 2017

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Autism and Minds Wired for Science

Autism and Minds Wired for Science

Simon Baron-Cohen, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Cambridge, and Director of the Autism Research Centre, gi... Read more

31 Oct 2016

1hr 2mins

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As he retires from the the Savilian Chair of Geometry, Oxford Mathematician Nigel Hitchin reflects

As he retires from the the Savilian Chair of Geometry, Oxford Mathematician Nigel Hitchin reflects

From early mathematical inspiration at school in Duffield, Derbyshire, Nigel recalls his often unplanned progress via Je... Read more

19 Oct 2016

1hr 7mins

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Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Roger Penrose

Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe - Roger Penrose

What can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe... Read more

19 Oct 2016

1hr 1min

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Science is giving us unprecedented insight into the big questions that have challenged humanity. Where did we come from... Read more

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Symmetry, Spaces and Undecidability - Martin Bridson

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