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The Corpus Clock
An introduction to the Corpus Clock.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 19 Sep 2008
The distribution of wealth
One of eight lectures for first year Cambridge University students in February 2006. Introducing some of the major approaches to the anthropology of politics and economics.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 14 Aug 2008
The exchange of wealth
One of eight lectures for first year Cambridge University students in February 2006. Introducing some of the major approaches to the anthropology of politics and economics.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 14 Aug 2008
The Garage Laboratory
Why is nose snot is good for your lungs, and how to make electricity from hairy legs! Dave Ansell is also one of the Naked Scientists (see our previous podcast), and he's always...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 7 Aug 2008
The Monarchy
With Dr. David Starkey. More than the biographies of the kings and queens of England, this lecture is an in depth examination of what the English monarchy has meant, in terms of...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Tue 16 Sep 2008
The Naked Scientist
Popular scientist Dr Chris Smith presents a radio programme on parasites and ultraviolet LED's for clean water.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 8 Aug 2008
The production of wealth
One of eight lectures for first year Cambridge University students in February 2006. Introducing some of the major approaches to the anthropology of politics and economics.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 14 Aug 2008
The Scientific Basis of Climate Change
There is much discussion of the dangers of climate change, but what is the scientific basis for the predictions? This talk will review the science behind the headlines. Dr Emily...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 6 Aug 2008
The state of theory in political anthropology
One of eight lectures for first year Cambridge University students in February 2006. Introducing some of the major approaches to the anthropology of politics and economics.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 14 Aug 2008
The Stratigraphy of Serendipity
Serendipity is slippery, marked by an ambiguity it is more enjoyable to explore than to lament. This talk will visit the concept through the lens of two related disciplines -...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 11 Aug 2008
The Unanticipated Pleasures of the Writing Life
Simon Winchester will be talking about the serendipitous events that led him from his early career in geology to his more conspicuous and successful life in writing. This change...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 11 Aug 2008
The visit of Mr George Yong-Boon YEO
The visit of Mr George Yong-Boon YEO. Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Government of Singapore.
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Thu 30 Apr 2009
Understanding Humans Serendipity and Anthropology
There is much that we do know about the human as a consequence of our curiosity about ourselves. The fossil record, the archaeological record and the broad fields of social and...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 11 Aug 2008
University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary Light Show
From 17-19 January 2009, Senate House and Old Schools were lit up in a spectacular light show featuring some iconic images from the University's past and present, as well as some...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 4 Feb 2009
University of Cambridge 800th Anniversary Light Show
From 17-19 January 2009, Senate House and Old Schools were lit up in a spectacular light show featuring some iconic images from the University's past and present, as well as some...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 6 Feb 2009
University of Cambridge: 800 Years
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Sun 18 Jan 2009
Vice Chancellors 2007 address Edited Highlights
Vice-Chancellor Professor Alison Richard posed this question to the audience gathered in Great St Mary's to hear her annual address this morning. The Distant Fen: Cambridge in the...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Fri 8 Aug 2008
Video of Reed Warblers mobbing fake cuckoo
Video of Reed Warblers mobbing fake cuckoo. Credit: Dr Justin Welbergen and Professor Nick Davies
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Wed 3 Jun 2009
Water and Poverty will the dream of sustainable development be realised
Professor Carter's lecture opened with the relationship between poverty and poor access to safe water. He then spent time developing a series of pragmatic approaches to...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Tue 12 Aug 2008
What Future for Life on Earth
James Deutsch directs the Africa Program of the New York based Wildlife Conservation Society, with 1,100 staff implementing conservation work in 20 African countries. James...
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Institution: Office of External Affairs and Communications
Created: Mon 15 Sep 2008
