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The 2000 year old computer: the antikythera mechanism

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 29 Sep 2014 In 1900 the first ancient marine wreck was discovered in the Mediterranean. It took a century to understand that the most interesting and unique find was a series of small bronze barnacle encrusted fragments. When investigated with sophisticated ... Read more c b n d
The birth of modern astronomy

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 2013 by Emeritus Professor David Wolfe, University of New Mexico and visiting lecturer, Physics Department, UCT. Professor Wolfe explores the foundations of astronomy, beginning with the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Babylonians, to the early ... Read more c b d
Isaac Newton and his enemies

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 2011 Lectures by David Wolfe, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of New Mexico and Director, Oppenheimer Institute for Science and International Co-operation. These audio lectures will be of interest to anyone interested in learning more ... Read more c b d
The Large Hadron Collider and the physics of elementary particles

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 2012 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN on the Swiss-French border is designed to search for new physics, a term primarily applied to the appearance of symmetries in nature. These audio lectures will be of interest to anyone interested in ... Read more c b d
Natural Philosophy into Science: from the fall of the Roman Empire to the 17th Century

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 29 Sep 2014 The distinction between natural philosophy and modern science is a subject of much debate amongst scholars. One of the most significant elements concerns the important place that theology and the belief in God played in natural philosophy for ... Read more c b n d
Thomas Young: the man who knew everything

Author: Wolfe, David Date: 2011 This audio lecture is conducted by David Wolfe, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of New Mexico and the Director of the Oppenheimer Institute for Science and International Co-operation. These podcasts will be of interest to anyone who ... Read more c b d

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