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Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 and continues the tradition with new lectures every week. Each lecture is an hour long and is available for download as either MP3 or MP4 files. As well as the eight Gresham Professors who deliver ...
Gresham College has been providing free public lectures since 1597 and continues the tradition with new lectures every week. Each lecture is an hour long and is available for download as either MP3 or MP4 files. As well as the eight Gresham Professors who deliver annual lecture series, we have a stream of acclaimed visiting lecturers who talk on topics as varied as history, politics, art, astronomy, religion, mathematics and much more. Visit our website for further information: www.gresham.ac.uk
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English Architecture, 1760 to 1830: Engine House - Professor Simon Thurley
England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a ...
England’s take off as the first industrial nation created a whole new language of building underpinned by technology and by an emerging view of the rest of the world.
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Olympism: Ethics and Politics - Dr Jim Parry
What is the philosophy of life behind the Olympics? How ...
What is the philosophy of life behind the Olympics? How does this with the confrontation of sport with the worlds of politics and ethics?
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Rotation in Space - Professor Carolin Crawford
What the rotations of planets, stars and galaxies can tell ...
What the rotations of planets, stars and galaxies can tell us about the nature of the universe, from the Big Bang to the existence of Dark Matter.
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Christ and Evolution: A Drama of Wisdom - Professor Celia Deane-Drummond
Can theology make sense of Christ in the evolutionary conception ...
Can theology make sense of Christ in the evolutionary conception of the world?
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Apprenticeship in early modern London - Dr Patrick Wallis and Dr Christopher Minns
The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in London ...
The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in London in the 16th and 17th centuries.
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Unweaving the Anti Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing System - Dr Dionysios S Demetis
An unravelling of the complexity surrounding Anti Money Laundering, with ...
An unravelling of the complexity surrounding Anti Money Laundering, with some practical advice for financial institutions.
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Empire: From Conquest to Control - Professor Richard J Evans
How and why European empires between 1880 and the end ...
How and why European empires between 1880 and the end of the First World War slowly imposed greater control on territories that in many cases existed merely on paper.
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Christian Modern Art: Post World War II Optimism - The Rt Revd Lord Harries
After World War II, without forgetting the terrible suffering earlier ...
After World War II, without forgetting the terrible suffering earlier in the century, there was a new confidence expressed in the artistic commissions of the time. Older artists who had been active before World War I such as Epstein and Matisse received c
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Mad, bad or sad? - Professor Glenn D Wilson
Personality disorders are a contentious issue in psychiatry. How many ...
Personality disorders are a contentious issue in psychiatry. How many are there and how reliable is their diagnosis? Are we just medicalising bad behaviour and social inadequacy. How should medical and criminal justice sectors divide responsibility?
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Maths and Sport: Records, Medals and Drug Taking - Professor John D Barrow
We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in ...
We examine the striking patterns between world record performances in different sports and ask what events an ambitious nation should target as the ‘easiest’ in which to win Olympic medals. How does Olympic success correlate with a nation’s GNP? How does
