The Pythagoras Club 2012

August 27 2012 by Rhys Phillips in Podcasts |No Comments

Scientific Comedy & Funny Science Dr. Dean Burnett hosts an evening of scientific comedy and funny science. Featuring Johnathan Stabler, Fizzy McPhysics and Rhys Lightning.

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The Pythagoras Lectures: Series 2, Episode 8

August 20 2012 by Rhys Phillips in Podcasts |No Comments

21st Century Computing: Optimisation, Concurrency and the Multicore Challenge Speaker: Tom Crick Tom’s research is primarily focused at the hardware/software interface (and the performance of each): with microprocessors pervasive in our technology-dependent world, how can we take full advantage of their potential? He discusses optimisation, the concurrency problem and the efficient use of modern multicore microprocessors.

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The Pythagoras Lectures: Series 2, Episode 7

August 13 2012 by Rhys Phillips in Podcasts |No Comments

Thoughts from the Young Engineer of the Year Speaker: Jessica Jones Jessica Jones, current UK Young Engineer of the Year, talks about her experiences at the National Science and Engineering Competition and the opportunities that she has gained as a result. She also addresses the issue of gender stereotyping and speaks about the importance of [...]

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The Pythagoras Lectures: Series 2, Episode 6

August 6 2012 by Rhys Phillips in Podcasts |No Comments

Who Wants to Live Forever? Speaker: Helen Lloyd Helen is a former science presenter and is now a physics teacher. Whilst researching cryonics for a science made simple show a few years ago, she became fascinated with people’s desire to extend their life expectancy, and even to aim for immortality.  Here she explores just a [...]

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