Gresham College (videos of June 2017)

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59:08 Britain and the EU: In or Out - One Year On - Professor Vernon Bogdanor FBA CBE One year ago, Britain decided, in the Referendum, upon its future relationship with the European Union. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/britain-and...
What ...
51:22 The Gresham Special Lecture 2017 'A World Without News?' - Alan Rusbridger THE GRESHAM SPECIAL LECTURE 2017
An economic model for news that has existed for 200 years or more is disappearing. Are we facing the prospect of societies without 'news' as previously understood?...
43:16 The Right Stuff: How Do We Make 'Good' Doctors? - Professor Gwen Adshead In this talk, the concept of the 'good' doctor will be explored and how we can ensure that our doctors are 'good'. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-right-s......
44:59 Artificial Intelligence - Professor Martyn Thomas CBE Alan Turing famously proposed a test of artificial intelligence. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/artificial-...
What has been achieved? Professor Stephen Hawking has said th...
1:57 Most Buildings We Revere Are Designed By Craftsman And Not Architects - Simon Thurley A question from the lecture 'Perfection or Pastiche? New Buildings in Old Places' by Professor Simon Thurley CBE https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/most-buildings-we-revere-......
53:25 Escher and Coxeter - a Mathematical Conversation - Professor Sarah Hart The artist M.C. Eschers work often used ingenious tilings of the plane with interlocking figures such as fish and birds. Although these tilings could in principle extend forever, Escher could not s...
1:22 The role of collaboration in nature and its link to success - Professor Steve Jones A question from the lecture 'Cheats, Liars and Fornicators: The Hidden Face of Mother Nature' by Professor Steve Jones https://www.gresham.ac.uk/short/the-role-of-collaboration......
49:59 Fifty Years of Conservation - Simon Thurley, Desmond Fitzpatrick and Lester Hillman Are the streets now paved with gold? The first Conservation Areas were designated in 1967, today at the golden anniversary there are some 10,000 sites. The presentation will explore the origins, va...
1:03:25 Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life As A Children's Heart Surgeon - Professor Martin Elliott My job has been one of duty and privilege, working worldwide with wonderful colleagues. Few people are lucky enough to save lives or change them for the better. Few also experience the horror of lo...
43:02 The Policy Responses - Professor Jagjit Chadha We need to think of economic policy as some path coordinating monetary, financial and fiscal policy. The economic landscape that has been outlined implies some new cyclical and structural economic ...
43:08 From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine - Dr Nicholas Cambridge Charles Dickens's expert eye for detail enabled him to describe many medical conditions in his writings. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/from-mr-pic......
1:01:37 Gene Therapy - The Future Has Arrived! - Alan Boyd Using DNA and gene-based therapy to treat human diseases may sound like science-fiction, but there are already several gene therapies in use today, for diseases such as muscular dystrophy and cysti...
 54:35 Mathematics Can Make You Fly? - Dr Carola-Bibiane Schonlieb JOINT LONDON MATHEMATICAL SOCIETY/ GRESHAM COLLEGE ANNUAL LECTURE
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/mathematics...
Well, not quite. But it can make you seem to be flying...
 45:15 Singers in the Making of Europe - Professor Christopher Page By the twelfth century the West could be imagined as a soundscape of Latin plainsong and be given a name: Latinitas. https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/singers-in-...