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Old 29th Nov 2018, 12:20 am   #23
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Default Re: Past Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Yes, it's been uploaded to youtube (presented by William Woolard). Another example of sensibly-produced scientific material issued before the dumbing-down era. It's nice to see the RI lectures talking to youngsters without much condescension, and interesting how the over-simplification slowly creeps in as the programmes approach the present.
If you watch the late 60's lectures, they remind me more of an FE course at college than a programme for children. Maybe they were all cleverer then! By the late 70's some of the kids in the audience are showing signs of distraction, playing with their fingernails, etc. Like the best physics teachers, the odd explosion had them looking to the front again.
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