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Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 14: Building scientific models with computers
Lunch Hour Lectures - Spring 2011 - Episode 14: Building scientific models with computers Model building is one of the oldest scientific activities and is essential for allowing us to understand the complex reality of nature. Modern computers have allowed scientists to develop models of unprecedented accuracy and detail, and this lecture will explore and illustrate some aspects of the contemporary field, using examples ranging from cosmology and geosciences to engineering and materials sciences. The power of modern visualisation techniques will also be illustrated. Vintage Podcasts - Lunch Hour Lectures
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10/2/2023
2009 Annual Mishcon Lecture - Shami Chakrabarti - Common Values, Common Sense: The story of rights and freedoms in modern Britain - (Video)
Shami Chakrabarti, Director of the human rights organisation Liberty, delivered the 2009 Annual Mishcon Lecture to a packed audience on 29 June. Her lecture on "Common Values, Common Sense: The story of rights and freedoms in modern Britain explored the adversity and great opportunity for rights and freedoms in Britain." Vintage UCL Podcasts 29 June 2009 Panelists: Prof John Lowry, Vice-Dean UCL Laws The Rt. Hon. The Baroness Hale of Richmond
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8/3/2023
Desirability and domination - Greek Sculpture and the Modern Male Body - Video
Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour 2011 - Episode 1 Desirability and domination: Greek sculpture and the modern male body This lecture will discuss Greek sculptures and some of the ways in which their ideal representations of the male body have shaped the twentieth century strong man and the bodybuilder, particularly in terms of their display of power and sexuality. The talk will include the culture of the circus strongman, bodybuilding shows, physique magazines and the post-war craze for Italian sword-and-sandal films starring bodybuilders as ancient heroes.
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2/27/2021
Desirability and domination - Greek Sculpture and the Modern Male Body - Audio
Lunch Hour Lectures on Tour 2011 - Episode 1 Desirability and domination: Greek sculpture and the modern male body This lecture will discuss Greek sculptures and some of the ways in which their ideal representations of the male body have shaped the twentieth century strong man and the bodybuilder, particularly in terms of their display of power and sexuality. The talk will include the culture of the circus strongman, bodybuilding shows, physique magazines and the post-war craze for Italian sword-and-sandal films starring bodybuilders as ancient heroes.
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2/23/2021