In The Black Swan, Taleb showed that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. In his new book Antifragile, he provides a blueprint…
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How does mathematics shape our lives and give our experiences meaning? Can mathematical modelling predict human behaviour, and how can equations help us to make sense of…
Following on from his explorations of Chemistry and the world of Fireworks, Professor Bishop turns his attention to the use, origins and properties of explosives. Materials that…
Through demonstrations of pyrotechnic chemistry hear how Chinese incendiaries made from honey led to the development of gunpowder; discover how the loud bangs of fireworks are routed…
Although many examples can be found in the scientific literature dating back half a century, there is still no widespread acceptance that quantum mechanics – that baffling…
How can a fire extinguisher be used to start a fire? Could a chemical reaction go backwards? Professor Chris Bishop leads us through a spectacular tour through…
It was the universe’s most elusive particle, the linchpin for everything scientists dreamed up to explain how stuff works. It had to be found. The Higgs boson…
Author Michael Shermer explores the intersection of science and morality. The arc of the moral universe bends toward truth, justice, freedom, and prosperity thanks to science –…
One of the great institutions of modern skepticism is the James Randi Educational Foundation’s (JREF) Million Dollar Challenge, aka the MDC. A cash prize has been on…
Celebrated author Bill Bryson presents a lecture on the history of science in the Great Hall at the Guildhall in honor of the 350th anniversary of the…
