10. Public Understanding of Science: Lectures, DVDs and Websites
(For some video stills, see heading 13 on the front page).
[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 was on-line from [3].
A DVD of the lecture is available from [4].
[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 was on-line from [3].
A DVD of the lecture is available from [4].
[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 was 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. Address: www.homepages.ucl.ac.uk/~ucess21/
[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. Currently unavailable:
http://mediaplayer.group.cam.ac.uk/MichaelThompson/
[4] Science Media Network. Postal Address: Björn Haßler, Department of
Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of
Cambridge, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Wilberforce Road,
Cambridge, CB3 0WA. Or contact me (JMTT) by e-mail.