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Category: Science


A promenade through science and philosophy (SCE 01)

A very basic introduction to geology (SCE 02)

Building the human brain (Spring term) (SCE 03)

Building the human brain (Spring term) (SCE 03(z))

Computers, brains and AI (SCE 04)

Cosmology (SCE 05)

Cosmology for the curious (SCE 06)

Cosmology for the curious (SCE 06(z))

DNA and identity (SCE 07)

Eat well, live longer, live well (SCE 08)

Eat well, live longer, live well (SCE 08(z))

Emerging science and technology discussion group (SCE 09)

Geology group (SCE 10)

Geology group (SCE 10(z))

Introduction to weather and climate (SCE 11(z))

Inventions that shaped the Modern World (SCE 12)

Inventions that shaped the Modern World (SCE 12(z))

Naturalists Group (SCE 13)

Space telescopes, their images and what they tell us (Spring term) (SCE 14)

Spines, shoulders, hips and knees. How do they work normally, what can go wrong and what can you do about it? (SCE 15)

Symmetry and the laws of nature (SCE 16)

The energy landscape (SCE 17)

The ills of the brain (Spring term) (SCE 18(z))

The life of stars (SCE 19(z))

The material world (Spring term) (SCE 20)

The nuclear option (Spring term) (SCE 21)

The Pale Blue Dot (SCE 22)

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