Alfred Chow - Maker of ThingsApr 4, 2025

I have been watching this, pt1/6,
https://youtu.be/eyxyrdk5Hzk

And pt2/6,
https://youtu.be/Lt-S1PsAAJQ

1968 Royal Institution Christmas Lectures looking at scale.

Really interesting looking at the presentation technology of the day.
I hope they release the rest of the set.

#Miniatures #RILectures #XMasLectures

Science of Scale - Philip Morrison's 1968 Christmas Lectures 1/6

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Beth AndersonDec 27, 2023
So happy to be watching the #RoyalInstitution #XmasLectures especially this year in the area of my expertise.
Kathryn HedleyFeb 5, 2023

Caught up on the RI #XmasLectures 2022 & highly recommend (as always!). Awesome, understandable intro to forensic science, with 2nd lecture starting with #LocardsExchangePrinciple & evidence preservation, & 3rd lecture covering testimony.

Check them out!

https://www.rigb.org/christmas-lectures

CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Dame Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will take us on an epic voyage through time and space, in the 2025 CHRISTMAS LECTURES from the Royal Institution, supported by CGI. 

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the PRSDDec 29, 2022

Fascinating forensics in the @Ri_Science #XmasLectures - really informative and inspiring.

...how is forensics faring in Devon and the UK?

Sean DDec 26, 2022
This year's Royal Institution #xmaslectures are really interesting. Definitely worth watching!
Cheryl MorganDec 26, 2022
Lots of cool stuff on episode 1 of #XmasLectures, but disappointed that sexing skeletons was presented as 100% accurate. FYI, just one example: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15567621/
The reliability of sex determination of skeletons from forensic context in the Balkans - PubMed

In this study we have tested the applicability of morphological methods for sex assessment, based on seven pelvic and nine cranial traits, using contemporary Balkans population. The material involved in the study comprises 262 pelvic bones and 180 skulls of male individuals from two mass graves in S …

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Beth AndersonDec 26, 2022
Emma Mawdsley who is the Keeper of Tower Armouries of course brought an axe to a Ri Lecture! ☺️ #XmasLectures
Beth AndersonDec 26, 2022
However "vikings" never actually existed really. There were northern people's but vikings wasn't the name of the people. #XmasLectures
Beth AndersonDec 26, 2022
It's really amazing that isotopes show so much detail about where a person has been! #XmasLectures
Beth AndersonDec 26, 2022
I wonder if we're going to talk about trans and non-binary people when we're using physical characteristics of skeletons to assign a gender. #XmasLectures