Video/Podcasts

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from
Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about:
International Congress of Mathematicians 2010; Fields and Chern

Episode 18 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Ann Lingard, novelist and former scientist, is the founder of SciTalk, the free resource that helps writers to meet and talk to scientists. Her latest novel, The Embalmer’s Book of Recipes.

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A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from
Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Your Days
Are Numbered: The Maths of Death; Simplest Solution to Rubik's Cube;
Professor Matt Parks; 2010 China Girls Math Olympiad; Students’
Understanding Of The Equal Sign; A relatively serious proof that P

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from
Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: left-handed
boys; the Mathematical Side of M. C. Escher; nested water, land and
nations; the number of books in the world; Seventh graders describing
scientists; pi to 5 trillion decimal places; Scientopia;

Episode 17 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Dr Stuart Clark who is a widely read astronomy journalist.

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from
Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: The
attention received by the Tuesday Boy problem; A-level reforms;
Women's International Math Congress; rowing; data sorting; sperm
movement mystery; The Mandelbrot Monk; swarms of locusts; quantum

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from
Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: Pi day;
Godel Prize and Kyoto Prize winners; 'Buckyballs' in interstellar
space; Bridges Conference; asciiTeX; Formula for the perfect
handshake; Algebra as a Faustian bargain; Maths at British Science

Episode 16 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Zoe Cormier is a freelance journalist, science writer and involved with www.guerillascience.co.uk.

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A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. This week Samuel and Peter spoke about: fighting terrorism; "cool" science stories; space dinosaurs; pouring coffee; 4-time lottery win;  Wolfram on maths curriculum; Mandelbrot on fractals; dance; International Mathematical Olympiad; whether data are or data is; Abel Prize nominations; and much more.

Episode 6 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to them.

Episode 5 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics. A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA from Pulse-Project.org. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to them

Episode 15 of the pulse project podcast and Brendon and Colin are joined by Alom Shaha who is a Physics teacher at a comprehensive school in London, a film-maker, science writer and science communication consultant.

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Episode 4 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics
Description/summary: A conversation about mathematics between the UK
and USA from Pulse-Project.org. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls
Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that
has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to
them

Episode 3 of the Math/Maths Podcast: 5136 miles of mathematics
Description/summary: A conversation about mathematics between the UK
and USA from Pulse-Project.org. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls
Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that
has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to
them 

Episode two of the Math/Maths podcast, With Peter Rowlett in Nottingham and Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas 

Episode 14 Brendon and Colin are joined by Mark Brake. Mark is a freelance academic, working in the UK who writes popular science books and has done science communication work in film, television, print, and radio.

A conversation about mathematics between the UK and USA. Peter Rowlett in Nottingham calls Samuel Hansen in Las Vegas and the pair chat about math and maths that has been in the news, that they've noticed and that has happened to them.

Episode 13 with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy with first guest Frank Swain. Frank is a freelance science writer with credits including the Guardian's science blog, Wired and his own blog sciencepunk.com. Frank has worked for sense about science and his first book Zombology is out in October.

Pulse podcast number 12 with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy.

 The eleventh pulse project podcast with Brendon and Colin.

The tenth podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy.

Georgina Ferry

 23rd of March Oxford Brookes University, History of Medicine Seminar Series

Biographers naturally turn to their subjects for first-hand accounts of their life and work. The two biographical subjects I have addressed, Dorothy Hodgkin and Max Perutz, were almost exact contemporaries who worked in the same field, the X-ray crystallography of biological molecules. But their approaches to managing the narrative of their life and work were very different. Using these two examples, I reflect on the challenges facing the biographer as she attempts to produce a rounded picture of an individual scientist.

 Brendon and Colin host the ninth pulse project podcast. They mange to discuss some great news stories of the week.

The eight pulse podcast with Brendon and Colin. If you want to discuss some of the stories or contact Colin or Brendon email podcast@pulse-project.org they will get back to asap.

 The Seventh pulse project podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This weeks stories are about the time lords discovered in California. April fools jokes this year and the science of laughter.

 The sixth pulse project podcast with Brendon Connelly. This week they discussed research on Octopus preferring HDTV. They also had a chance to discuss the antics of Octopus clever way of finding a new home.

Episode five of the weekly science news podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This week the stories include the science behind asteroid destruction.

Episode four of the weekly science news podcast with Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This week they discuss the tiny movements of the Mars rover Spirit.

The Third installment of the pulse project podcast hosted by Brendon Connelly and Colin Murphy. This weeks topics discussed include citizen science project solar storm watch. The new ideas from the Seti institute.

Charles Webster

9th of February 2010 Oxford Brookes University, History of Medicine Seminar Series

This paper gives an insight into the inner or ‘secret’ history of the upper ranks of the British health administration, based on many interviews with senior officials. After World War I, the work of the new Ministry of Health was handicapped by the economic depression. In addition, the new department was handicapped by the premature death of Sir Robert Morant, its architect and first Permanent Secretary. The success of the department depended on the harmonious working relation between the Permanent Secretary and Chief Medical Officer. Under the first incumbents, who were in office until 1935, this harmony failed to materialize. In addition, the early talent recruited to the department was quickly dissipated. By the late 1930s the health department had sunk into the doldrums.