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Virtual Video Library

Welcome to the School of Mathematics and Physics Virtual Video Library. Here you will find a links to a range of lectures and demonstrations that have taken place in the School, plus links to media podcasts featuring our talented academics.

BrisScience

Date Recorded	Speaker	Topic	Link
Monday July 20, 2009	Dr Jesse Shore, Prismatic Sciences	Living at the speed of light	Quicktime Video (80.4 MB) 1 hour and 12 minutes duration
Monday June 22, 2009	Associate Professor Thomas Suddendorf School of Psychology,The University of Queensland	From ape to human: Clues about the evolution of the human mind Celebrating Darwin's 200th birthday and 150 years since the publication of "On the origin of species"	Quicktime Video (130.3 MB) 1 hour and 12 minutes duration
Monday May 18, 2009	Dr Michael Westaway Curator (Archaeology), Queensland Museum	Australia's Rift Valley: the archaeology of the Willandra Lakes and investigations of its fossil trackway	Quicktime Video (110.4 MB) 57 minutes duration
Monday April 27, 2009	Professor David Jamieson School of Physics, University of Melbourne	Galileo's invention of the astronomical telescope and his astounding discoveries: moons, stars, and a new planet	Quicktime Video (118.2 MB) 1 hour and 11 minutes duration
Monday March 30, 2009	Professor Michael Drinkwater, Dr Tamara Davis and Dr Kevin Pimbblet School of Mathematics and Physics, The University of Queensland	Solar System Formation and Exoplanets	Quicktime Video (154.9 MB) 1 hour and 18 minutes duration

Physics Colloquiums

Date Recorded	Speaker	Topic	Link
Friday March 13, 2009	Dr Nicolas Menucucci, Perimeter Institute, Canada	Entangling Power of an Expanding Universe	Quicktime Video (139 MB) 50.21 minutes duration

Tools of Science

For more information about Tools of Science visit the website.

Date Recorded	Speaker	Topic	Link
Tuesday August 18, 2009	Lindsay Ball	The Slide Rule is Dead! The Rise of the Electronic Calculator	Abstract \|\| Quicktime Video (88.7 MB) 1 hour and 7 minutes duration
Tuesday July 28, 2009	Niel Boucher	Marconi 1909 Nobel Prize	Abstract \|\| Quicktime Video (77.1 MB) 1 hour and 6 minutes duration
Tuesday June 2, 2009	Professor John Mainstone	150 Years of Queensland Science	Abstract \|\| Quicktime Video (129.5 MB) 1 hour and 17 minutes duration
Tuesday May 19, 2009	Professor Norman Hecknenberg	The Orrery	Abstract \|\| Quicktime Video (72.3 MB) 46 minutes duration
Tuesday March 10, 2009	Dr Colin Kennard	Napoleon's Influence on Science	Abstract \|\| Quicktime Video (101 MB) 45:50 minutes duration

Media Appearances

Date Recorded	Speaker	Topic	Video Size
Tueday 7 April, 2009	ABC Radio National, Australia Talks featuring Dr Tamara Davis	Fascination Astronomy	Visit ABC Radio National website to listen to the podcast
Thursday July 31, 2008	ABC Radio interview with Dr Ben Powell discussing the physics of glasses	Glass	Visit YouTube to listen to the interview