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Public Understanding of Science: Lectures, DVDs and Websites

 

[A] Chaos and Fractals: Understanding the Unpredictable

A lecture in the Millennium Maths Project for the public understanding of mathematics (Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, 22 Jan 2004).

            Power-points of this lecture can be viewed as a slide show on [2].

            A video of an extended version of the lecture can be viewed on-line from [3].

            A DVD of the lecture is available.

 

[B] Chaos Theory: The Historical Emergence of a New Branch of Mathematics

A lecture given at the 40th Anniversary Conference of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (Manchester, 2 Sept, 2004). At this meeting the lecturer (J.Μ.Τ. Thompson) was awarded the IMA Gold Medal for his lifetime contributions to mathematics.

            Power-points of this lecture can be viewed as a slide show on [2].

 
[C] Instabilities and Catastrophes

A lecture in the Millennium Maths Project for the public understanding of mathematics

(Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, 11 Nov 2004).

            Power-points of this lecture can be viewed as a slide show on [2].

            A video of the lecture can be viewed on-line from [3].

            A DVD of the lecture is available.

 

[D] Predicting the Unpredictable: seeing Order within Chaos

Plenary lecture, International Science Summer School (Cambridge University, 29 Jul 2005).

 

[E] Twisting, coiling and knotting in DNA replication

A lecture in the Millennium Maths Project for the public understanding of mathematics

(Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Cambridge University, 24 May 2007).

            Power-points of a similar lecture can be viewed as a slide show on [2].

            A video of the lecture can be viewed on-line from [3].

 

[F] Instabilities and Catastrophes

Plenary lecture, International Science Summer School (Cambridge University, 30 Jul 2008).

 

 

Web Sites & Contacts

 

[1] Personal Website of J.M.T. Thompson (here!).

 

[2] Introduction to Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics, by T. Kanamaru & J.M.T. Thompson.

Address: http://brain.cc.kogakuin.ac.jp/~kanamaru/Chaos/e/Thompson/

[3] Site maintained by the Science Media Network in association with Cambridge University Science Production. 

Address: http://mediaplayer.group.cam.ac.uk/MichaelThompson/

 

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