How can we collate the evidence to learn more? Gods of Prehistoric Britain #GreshamLecture Britain has one of the richest of all pagan heritages in Europe, defined as the textual and material evidence for its pre-Christian religions. The island is possessed of monuments, burial sites and a range of other remains not only from several distinct ages of prehistory, but also from three different major historic cultures. This lecture will look at what we know of prehistoric worship, focusing on Stone

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Our 2024-25 academic programme is now out! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check them out: https://gres.hm/whats-on Includes exciting series' on #business, modern #paganism, #immunity, #netzero, #astronomy, #architecture, #inequality, the history of #lawmaking and beginnings of #computing. Plus inaugural series' by our new Professors: renowned human rights lawyer, Clive Stafford Smith, who will be exploring The UK's Unwritten Constitution, and eminen

Our 2023-2024 academic programme is out now! Over 100 free lectures across the arts & sciences; live online and in-person. Check them out: https://gres.hm/whats-on Includes exciting series' on #business, #ethics in #AI, the #environment, #neurodiversity, #medicine, #blackhistory, #publichealth, the #maths of #games / #puzzles, #music and ethical #law. Plus, Chris Whitty on Medicine After Disasters, Ronald Hutton on the Lost Gods of Europe and Dominic Broomfield-McHugh on Twentieth Century #Divas

Can the tension between science, policy and diplomacy concerning the environment be resolved? A Just and Rights-Based Framework for Nature #GreshamLecture International negotiations concerning our environment such as on climate and biodiversity, often put the scientific case behind economic and political interests, with potentially disastrous consequences. What does that mean for human prosperity and even survival? Can the tension between science, policy and diplomacy be resolved? What would a n

How can it be applied? The Incredible Sine Wave and Its Uses #GreshamLecture The beautiful sine wave turns out to have a huge number of practical applications, from the motion of springs, to waves in the sea, to sound waves, light waves and more. It is curious that the function which defines the sine wave, sin(x), comes from comparing the lengths of sides in right-angled triangles – just about the least curvy things you could imagine. How does that concept result in the lovely curve of the sine

What do we owe to those not yet born? #GreshamLecture Climate change and the over-exploitation of resources now may mean that unless the current generation modifies its behaviour, generations ahead may either not be born or will inherit a world with severe problems. A village or even a nation state can develop rules to prevent depletion of resources so that it does not cut down forests or over-fish the oceans. But how can that be done globally when the action of one country can have a harmful ef