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Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Season 1997

1997: The Magical Maze 1997 - 1998

  • 1997-12-28T20:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 1h
  • 5h (5 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary
The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures have been held in London annually since 1825. They serve as a forum for presenting complex scientific issues to a general audience in an informative and entertaining manner. In the mid 1820s Michael Faraday, a former Director of the Royal Institution, initiated the first Christmas Lecture series at a time when organised education for young people was scarce. He presented a total of 19 series, establishing an exciting new venture of teaching science to young people that was eventually copied by other institutions internationally.

5 episodes

Season Premiere

1997-12-28T20:00:00Z

1997x01 The Magical Maze: Sunflowers and Snowflakes

Season Premiere

1997x01 The Magical Maze: Sunflowers and Snowflakes

  • 1997-12-28T20:00:00Z1h

This opening Lecture introduces the concept that far from being a dusty collection of rules about angles and equations, mathematics is the magic thread which binds our universe.

Professor Ian Stewart shows how, although animals appear to walk in a huge variety of ways, there are some strange similarities.

Professor Ian Stewart explains how a little knowledge of maths increases the chance of winning in game-shows.

Professor Ian Stewart looks for order in chaos, and asks if fractals are the key to the irregular
Shapes of nature.

Why do tigers have stripes, while leopards have spots? Professor Ian Stewart explores the patterns in nature.

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