Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1968)

Each year a renowned name in the world of education leads a series of televised lectures all around one topic.		Running Currently 46.666666666666664/5 (3 votes) Add to Library
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Released:	December 28, 1968
Runtime:	60 min
Countries:	United Kingdom
Companies:	BBC Four
Cast:	Alice Roberts Kevin Fong Danielle George Dr. Mark Miodownik Peter Wothers Professor Saiful Islam Dr. Alison Woollard Professor Bruce Hood Professor Sophie Scott
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► Season 1968 - Click for episodes

E1 - The World of Captain Gulliver - 1968-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Meat and Drink Sufficient for 1728 Lilliputians - 1968-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - A Prodigious Leap? - 1969-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Lilliput and Brobdingnag Since the Industrial Revolution - 1969-01-04 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Dwarf and Giant Numbers - 1969-01-07 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Beyond the Map - 1969-01-09 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1972 - Click for episodes

E1 - Ripples in the Ether: How it All Began - 1972-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Ripples in the Ether: Getting Rid of the Wires - 1973-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Sound of Broadcasting - 1973-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Pictures With and Without Wires - 1973-01-03 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - But Electrons aren't Coloured! - 1973-01-04 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Vision of the Future - 1973-01-05 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1976 - Click for episodes

E1 - First light - 1976-12-01 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Light and life - 1976-12-02 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - A leaf from nature - 1976-12-03 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Candles from the Sun - 1976-12-04 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Making light work - 1976-12-05 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Survival under the Sun - 1976-12-06 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1977 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Planets: The Earth As A Planet - 1977-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Planets: The Outer Solar System And Life - 1977-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Planets: The History Of Mars - 1977-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Planets: Mars Before Viking - 1977-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Planets: Mars After Viking - 1977-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - The Planets: Planetary Systems Beyond Our Sun - 1977-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1981 - Click for episodes

E1 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: Principles, Standards and Methods - 1981-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: The Measurement of Time - 1981-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: More and More About Less and Less - 1981-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: Onwards to the Stars - 1981-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: Measurement and Navigation in War - 1982-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - From Magna Carta to Microchip: Some Impacts of Measurement on Life - And Can We Take it too Far? - 1982-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1983 - Click for episodes

E1 - Machines In Motion: Driving Forces - 1983-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Machines In Motion: Gathering Momentum - 1983-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Machines In Motion: Vibration - 1983-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Machines In Motion: Under Control - 1983-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Machines In Motion: Fluids and Flight - 1983-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Machines In Motion: Living Machines - 1984-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1985 - Click for episodes

E1 - Communicating: No Man is an Island - 1986-01-06 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Communicating: Animal Talk - 1986-01-07 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Communicating: The Bionic Bat - 1986-01-08 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Communicating: The Pace of Technology - 1986-01-09 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Communicating: The Integrated Body - 1986-01-10 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Communicating: Computers - 1986-01-11 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1987 - Click for episodes

E1 - Crystals and Lasers: The Micro-world - 1988-01-04 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Crystals and Lasers: The Architecture of Crystals - 1988-01-05 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Crystals and Lasers: Crystal Miracles - 1988-01-06 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Crystals and Lasers: Constructing a LASER - 1988-01-07 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Crystals and Lasers: The Light Fantastic - 1988-01-08 [ 0 Links ]

E6 - Crystals and Lasers: Crystals, LASERs and the Human Body - 1988-01-09 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1988 - Click for episodes

E1 - Appliance science - 1988-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Home, safe home - 1988-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Electronics for pleasure - 1988-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Home, smart home - 1989-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Mixers, meters and molecules - 1989-01-03 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1989 - Click for episodes

E1 - Exploring music: What is music? - 1989-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Exploring music: The essence of an instrument - 1989-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Exploring music: Science, strings and symphonies - 1989-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Exploring music: Technology, trumpets and tunes - 1990-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Exploring music: Scales, synthesizers and samplers - 1990-01-03 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1990 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Grand Design - 1990-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Birth of the Stars - 1990-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Origin of Quasars - 1990-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Origin of Galaxies - 1991-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Origin of the Universe - 1991-01-03 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1991 - Click for episodes

E1 - Growing Up in the Universe: Waking Up in the Universe - 1991-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Growing Up in the Universe: Designed and Designoid Objects - 1991-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Growing Up in the Universe: Climbing Mount Improbable - 1991-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Growing Up in the Universe: The Ultraviolet Garden - 1991-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Growing Up in the Universe: The Genesis of Purpose - 1991-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1992 - Click for episodes

E1 - Our World Through the Looking Glass: Man in the Mirror - 1992-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Our World Through the Looking Glass: Narwhals, Palindromes and Chesterfield Station - 1992-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Our World Through the Looking Glass: The Handed Molecule - 1992-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Our World Through the Looking Glass: Symmetry, Sensation and Sex - 1992-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Our World Through the Looking Glass: In the Hands of the Giants - 1993-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1993 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Cosmic Onion: A is for Atoms - 1993-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Cosmic Onion: To the Centre of the Sun - 1993-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Cosmic Onion: Invaders from Outer Space - 1993-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Cosmic Onion: Antimatter Matters - 1993-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Cosmic Onion: An Hour to Make the Universe - 1993-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1994 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Electric Ape - 1994-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Through a Glass Darkly - 1994-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble - 1994-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Seven Ages of the Brain - 1994-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Mind's I - 1995-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1995 - Click for episodes

E1 - Planet Earth, On the Edge of the World - 1995-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Planet Earth, Secrets of the Deep - 1995-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Planet Earth, Volcanoes-Melting the Earth - 1995-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Planet Earth, The Puzzle of the Continents - 1995-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Planet Earth, Waterworld - 1995-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1996 - Click for episodes

E1 - The History in our Bones - Staring Into The Abyss - 1996-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The History in our Bones - The Fossils Come Alive - 1996-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The History in our Bones - The Great Dyings - Life After Death - 1996-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The History in our Bones - Innovations And Novelty - 1996-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The History in our Bones - Feet On The Ground, Head In The Stars - The History Of Man - 1997-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1997 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Magical Maze: Sunflowers and Snowflakes - 1997-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Magical Maze: The Pattern of Tiny Feet - 1997-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Magical Maze: Outrageous Fortune - 1997-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Magical Maze: Chaos and Cauliflowers - 1997-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Magical Maze: Fearful Symmetry - 1998-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1998 - Click for episodes

E1 - Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Sense and Sensitivity - 1998-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Fats and Figures - 1998-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Chilling Out - 1998-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Times of our lives - 1998-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Staying Alive: The Body in Balance: Pushing the Limits - 1999-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 1999 - Click for episodes

E1 - Arrow of Time: Back to the Future - 1999-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Arrow of Time: Catching the Waves - 1999-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Arrow of Time: Quantum Leap - 1999-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Arrow of Time: The Edge of Chaos - 1999-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Arrow of Time: Shaping the Future - 1999-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2000 - Click for episodes

E1 - Rise of the Robots: Anatomy of an Android - 2000-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Rise of the Robots: Things that Think - 2000-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Rise of the Robots: Remote Robots - 2000-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Rise of the Robots: Bionic Bodies - 2000-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Rise of the Robots: I, Robot - 2000-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2001 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Secrets of Life: What Is Life? - 2001-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Secrets of Life: How Do I Grow? - 2001-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Secrets of Life: Who Am I? - 2001-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Secrets of Life: Can We Fix It? - 2001-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Secrets of Life: The Future of Life? - 2001-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2002 - Click for episodes

E1 - Smart Stuff: The Spider That Spun a Suspension Bridge - 2002-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Smart Stuff: The Trainer That Ran Over the World - 2002-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Smart Stuff: The Phone That Shrank the Planet - 2002-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Smart Stuff: The Plaster That Streches Life - 2002-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Smart Stuff: The Ice Cream That Will Freeze Granny - 2002-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2003 - Click for episodes

E1 - Voyage in Space and Time: Blast Off - 2003-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Voyage in Space and Time: Mission to Mars - 2003-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Voyage in Space and Time: Planet Patrol - 2003-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Voyage in Space and Time: Collision Course - 2003-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Voyage in Space and Time: Anybody Out There? - 2003-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2004 - Click for episodes

E1 - Antarctica: Ice People - 2004-12-16 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Antarctica: Ice Life - 2004-12-18 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Antarctica: Ice World - 2004-12-20 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2005 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Truth About Food: The Ape That Cooks - 2005-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Truth About Food: Yuck or Yummy? - 2005-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Truth About Food: You Are What You Eat - 2005-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Truth About Food: When Food Goes Wrong - 2005-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Truth About Food: Food for the Future - 2005-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2006 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Num8er My5teries: The Curious Incident of the Never-Ending Numbers - 2006-12-25 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Num8er My5teries: The story of the Elusive Shapes - 2006-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Num8er My5teries: The Secret of the Winning Streak - 2006-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The Num8er My5teries: The Case of the Uncrackable Code - 2006-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The Num8er My5teries: The Quest to Predict the Future - 2006-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2007 - Click for episodes

E1 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Peak Performance - 2007-12-24 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Completely Stuffed - 2007-12-25 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Grilled and Chilled - 2007-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Fight, Flight and Fright - 2007-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Back from the Brink, the Science of Survival: Luck, Genes and Stupidity - 2007-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2008 - Click for episodes

E1 - Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Breaking The Speed Limit - 2008-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Chips With Everything - 2008-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Ghost In The Machine - 2008-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Untangling The Web - 2009-01-01 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - Hi-tech Trek - The Quest for the Ultimate Computer: Digital Intelligence - 2009-01-02 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2009 - Click for episodes

E1 - The 300-Million-Year War: Plant Wars - 2009-12-21 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The 300-Million-Year War: The Animals Strike Back - 2009-12-22 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The 300-Million-Year War: Talking Trees - 2009-12-23 [ 0 Links ]

E4 - The 300-Million-Year War: Dangerous to Delicious - 2009-12-24 [ 0 Links ]

E5 - The 300-Million-Year War: Weapons of the Future - 2009-12-25 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2010 - Click for episodes

E1 - Size Matters: Why Elephants Can't Dance - 2010-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Size Matters: Why Chocolate Melts And Jet Engines Don't - 2010-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Size Matters: Why Mountains Are So Small - 2010-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2011 - Click for episodes

E1 - Meet Your Brain: What's in Your Head? - 2011-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Meet Your Brain: Who's in Charge Here? - 2011-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Meet Your Brain: Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking? - 2011-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2012 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Modern Alchemist: Air: The Elixir of Life - 2012-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Modern Alchemist: Water: The Fountain of Youth - 2012-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Modern Alchemist: The Philosopher's Stone - 2012-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2013 - Click for episodes

E1 - Life Fantastic: Where Do I Come From? - 2013-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Life Fantastic: Am I a Mutant? - 2013-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Life Fantastic: Could I Live Forever? - 2013-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2014 - Click for episodes

E1 - Sparks Will Fly: The Light Bulb Moment - 2014-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Sparks Will Fly: Making Contact - 2014-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Sparks Will Fly: A New Revolution - 2014-12-31 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2015 - Click for episodes

E1 - How to Survive in Space: Lift Off! - 2015-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - How to Survive in Space: Life in Orbit - 2015-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - How to Survive in Space: The Next Frontier - 2015-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2016 - Click for episodes

E1 - Supercharged - Fuelling the Future: Let There Be Light! - 2016-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Supercharged - Fuelling the Future: People Power - 2016-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Supercharged - Fuelling the Future: Fully Charged - 2016-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2017 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Language of Life: Say It With Sound - 2017-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Language of Life: Silent Messages - 2017-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Language of Life: The Word - 2017-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2018 - Click for episodes

E1 - Who Am I?: Where Do I Come From? - 2018-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Who Am I?: What Makes Me Human? - 2018-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Who Am I?: What Makes Me, Me? - 2018-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2019 - Click for episodes

E1 - How to Get Lucky - 2019-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - How to Bend the Rules - 2019-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - How Can We All Win? - 2019-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2020 - Click for episodes

E1 - Engine Earth - 2020-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Water World - 2020-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Up in the Air - 2020-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2021 - Click for episodes

E1 - The Invisible Enemy - 2021-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - The Perfect Storm - 2021-12-29 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Winning the War - 2021-12-30 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2022 - Click for episodes

E1 - Dead Body - 2022-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - Missing Body - 2022-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - Living Body - 2022-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

► Season 2023 - Click for episodes

E1 - How to Build an Intelligent Machine - 2023-12-26 [ 0 Links ]

E2 - My AI Life - 2023-12-27 [ 0 Links ]

E3 - The Future of AI: Dream or a Nightmare? - 2023-12-28 [ 0 Links ]

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