Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

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  • BBC Two
  • Daily 20
  • Documentary

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1968
1968x1
The World of Captain Gulliver
Episode overview
Philip Morrison discusses the arithmetic of large and small numbers, the geometry of size, and the nature of length, area and volume.
1968x2
Meat and Drink Sufficient for 1728 Lilliputians
Episode overview
Could Gulliver have eaten the food of 1728 Lilliputians? Philip Morris explores big and small systems, using mice, men and elephants as models.
1968x3
A Prodigious Leap?
Episode overview
Philip Morrison studies the walking, running, floating, and swimming, by large animals and small, and in man-made vehicles of all kinds.
1968x4
Lilliput and Brobdingnag Since the Industrial Revolution
Episode overview
What would our technology look like if we were the size of men in Gulliver's voyages?
1968x5
Dwarf and Giant Numbers
Episode overview
From the arithmetic of ratios to the science of numbers themselves, Philip Morris explores the importance of small and large numbers.
1968x6
Beyond the Map
Episode overview
By working with scales, we have seen that the laws of mechanics and electricity are not the only laws of physics. In the final lecture, Philip Morris explores a new physics, voyaging far beyond where Gulliver's ship could sail.

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