Podcasts by Lunch Hour Lectures - Autumn 2009 - Audio
Autumn 2009 - UCL's Lunch Hour Lecture Series is an opportunity for anyone to sample the exceptional research work taking place at the university, in bite-size chunks. Speakers are drawn from across UCL and lectures frequently showcase new research and recent academic publications. Lunch Hour Lectures require no pre-booking, are free to attend and are open to anyone on a first-come, first-served basis.
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The making of Johnson’s dictionary - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language taught the British how to spell, established Shakespeare as their greatest writer and provided the first and longest lasting map of the English l...
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Studying dinosaur evolution - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The study of dinosaur evolution is a growing field – thanks in part to an influx of new information from China, Argentina and other previously neglected parts of the world. New technology is also p...
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The challenge of HIV refuses to disappear - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
On World Aids Day, this lecture discusses how the AIDS epidemic continues to grow despite our immense knowledge of the virus itself. Professor Pillay will examine some of the failures of the HIV va...
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Recession and the public health – what is the evidence? - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Can we use evidence from the social epidemiology carried out in previous times to help us predict the likely effect of the present recession on public health? Mortality in unemployed men in the 197...
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Tales of vampires and the undead - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To celebrate Halloween. This lecture will look at tales of vampires and the undead with special reference to Central and Eastern Europe and some orthodox funeral customs used to placate and hopeful...
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Why the courts are as important as hospitals to the nation's health - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Genn will focus on the critical ways in which courts support society and the economy and on how they have directly improved standards of medicine practice and health care. She will also d...
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The New Biology of Ageing - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To mark Age Concern Week. Research into ageing has been rejuvenated by the discovery that genetic alterations extend the lifespan of laboratory animals. These mutations keep animals healthy for lon...
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Seeing the invisible: Observing the dark side of the universe - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the telescope and World Space Week. Dr Bridle will describe in pictures ‘gravitational lensing’, the bending of light by gravity, which is predicted by Einstei...
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The Power of Lagerlof - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Celebrating the 100-year anniversary of Selma Lagerlöf – the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature – 10 December. Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was the first woman to win th...
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The Spirit of UCL - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Professor Malcolm Grant sets the scene for the new academic year by reflecting on the challenges facing universities and how UCL is uniquely placed to engage with the major issues of our times.
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Why Psychiatry has to be Social - Audio from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
To mark World Mental Health Day – 10 October. Professor Bebbington explores the idea that psychiatry has an essentially social component because the phenomenon it seeks to explain have inherently s...
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Why Psychiatry has to be Social - Audio from 2011-01-31T12:20:28
To mark World Mental Health Day – 10 October. Professor Bebbington explores the idea that psychiatry has an essentially social component because the phenomenon it seeks to explain have inherently s...
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Why Psychiatry has to be Social - Audio from 2011-01-31T12:20:28
To mark World Mental Health Day – 10 October. Professor Bebbington explores the idea that psychiatry has an essentially social component because the phenomenon it seeks to explain have inherently s...
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