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Life itself, our very existence, would fail without communication, since no man can be entirely independent of others. Professor David Pye presents the 156th series of these lectures.
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Life itself, our very existence, would fail without communication, since no man can be entirely independent of others. Professor David Pye presents the 156th series of these lectures. With a variety of demonstrations and experiments, he explores how humans use their senses, sometimes with the help of technology, to send and receive messages.
Life itself, our very existence, would fail without communication, since no man can be entirely independent of others. Professor David Pye presents the 156th series of these lectures.
.. show full overview
Life itself, our very existence, would fail without communication, since no man can be entirely independent of others. Professor David Pye presents the 156th series of these lectures. With a variety of demonstrations and experiments, he explores how humans use their senses, sometimes with the help of technology, to send and receive messages.
Like humans, animals depend on communication for reproduction, and often for a complex social life. But the methods they use are widely different, because their sense organs work in a
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Like humans, animals depend on communication for reproduction, and often for a complex social life. But the methods they use are widely different, because their sense organs work in a variety of often surprising ways. Using fishes, snakes, dogs and ducks Professor David Pye explains how some animals can communicate with 'sounds' and 'colours' that we cannot hear or see. Sometimes man can even communicate with his domestic beasts.
Humans and animals can use echoes to replace sight when visibility is poor. The ability to use echoes accounts for the unusual faces of many bats. Professor David Pye constructs his bionic bats and compares them with live bats.
Humans and animals can use echoes to replace sight when visibility is poor. The ability to use echoes accounts for the unusual faces of many bats. Professor David Pye constructs his bionic bats and compares them with live bats.
Modern man needs to communicate quickly and over greater and greater distances. Since the invention of lasers and fibre-optics, spectacular feats of communication are now commonplace. In
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Modern man needs to communicate quickly and over greater and greater distances. Since the invention of lasers and fibre-optics, spectacular feats of communication are now commonplace. In today's lecture Professor David Pye trys to make the world's longest phone call and to receive a signal live from Pioneer 10 as it heads out of the solar system.
The most complex of all communication systems is the one that operates inside the human body, which is made up of enormous numbers of living cells that are tightly co-ordinated to
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The most complex of all communication systems is the one that operates inside the human body, which is made up of enormous numbers of living cells that are tightly co-ordinated to perform as an individual person. Professor David Pye uses animals and humans to demonstrate how nerve cells conduct messages around the body. Ultimately, the brain is responsible for maintaining the human body as well as reacting to the outside world.
One day computers and robots may be able to do all our work and chores. Is this a real vision of the future or just a fantasy? In the last of this year's lectures, Professor David Pye
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One day computers and robots may be able to do all our work and chores. Is this a real vision of the future or just a fantasy? In the last of this year's lectures, Professor David Pye explores the fantastic development of computers in recent years. If computers are fitted with sensors, so that they can touch, see and even speak, they become robots. On earth robots are still primitive, but in other galaxies....
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