Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

  • Premiered: Dec 1966
  • Episodes: 286
  • Followers: 4
  • Running
  • BBC Two
  • Daily at 20
  • Documentary

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Season 1974
1974x1
Looking Glass House
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 29, 1974
In his first lecture, Professor Eric Laithwaite explores the concept of 'reflection', from concepts of the smallest particle to those of the whole universe.
1974x2
Tweedledum and Tweedledee
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Air date
Dec 30, 1974
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1974x3
Jam Yesterday, Jam Tomorrow
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Air date
Dec 31, 1974
Through the title of this third lecture and the theme of chess running through Alice's adventures, Professor Eric Laithwaite introduces the concept of 'odds and evens'.
1974x4
The Jabberwock
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Air date
Jan 01, 1975
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1974x5
The Time Has Come the Walrus Said
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Air date
Jan 02, 1975
In his fifth lecture, Laithwaite uses the concept of analogies (fairy stories) as a way to explain complex topics in science.
1974x6 Season finale
Its My Own Invention
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 03, 1975
In the final talk of his 1974 Christmas lecture series, Professor Eric Laithwaite explores the concept of scientific invention.

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