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1. My middle class upbringing
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8
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6860
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01:01
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2. Early interest in science
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3
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3185
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01:42
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3. Family relationships
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2
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2122
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01:22
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4. Winchester during the Depression
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1
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1919
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00:51
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5. A young love for numbers
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2612
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01:32
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6. Uncle Freeman: the classical scholar
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1968
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01:22
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7. Persecution at prep school
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1851
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01:45
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8. Coming to Winchester
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1502
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00:52
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9. Exams and friends at Winchester College
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1854
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01:34
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10. My additions to the Winchester College Museum
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1510
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01:01
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11. Falling in love with Russian
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1819
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02:11
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12. Opening the gates of mathematics
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2047
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03:04
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13. Inspirational chemistry teacher: Eric James
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1555
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03:13
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14. Biology: talents versus interests
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1737
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02:53
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15. Reading in Winchester College library
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1433
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01:57
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16. What did I win for coming top of the class?
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1553
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02:23
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17. Studying mathematics at Winchester
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1682
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03:35
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18. Snobbery and the class system
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1841
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01:46
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19. Piaggio and school holidays
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1297
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01:57
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20. Mother's influence on my relationships
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1275
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01:51
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21. Political feelings in the '30s: Communism and pacifism
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1244
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05:27
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22. Being on the outside
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1
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1155
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00:38
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23. Pure mathematics at Cambridge: the influence of Besicovitch
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3
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1948
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04:16
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24. Relationship with Besicovitch
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1411
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01:42
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25. GH Hardy and JE Littlewood's lectures
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2151
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02:13
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26. Littlewood's Tauberian theorem and Dyson's ferromagnet paper
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1440
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03:07
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27. Other tutors at Cambridge: Dirac, Jeffreys, Eddington
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2015
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03:10
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28. Oscar Hahn
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1
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1272
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02:08
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29. The Hahn Family - Judaism
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1319
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01:03
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30. The walk from Cambridge to London
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1
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1223
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01:16
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31. Family warmth
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1033
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01:03
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32. Father's move to London
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947
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00:45
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33. Ending pacifism by joining the army
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1099
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01:26
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34. Receiving a BA Degree
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1302
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01:37
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35. Sent to Bomber Command
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1189
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02:02
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36. The bombing of Hamburg and Dresden
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1507
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03:20
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37. The people at Operations Research in Bomber Command
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1287
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03:26
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38. Problems in bombing policy and aircraft design
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1285
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05:36
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39. Failure to provide defence for pilots
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1092
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01:04
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40. Mathematical work during the war: the alpha-beta theorem
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1375
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02:46
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41. Effect of experiences at Bomber Command
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1110
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01:01
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42. Hermann Bondi: The adviser
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1125
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00:44
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43. Hiroshima and the end of Bomber Command
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1340
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01:14
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44. Sinecure at Imperial College
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1119
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01:34
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45. Work in pure mathematics while at Imperial College
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1290
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03:58
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46. Harold Davenport
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1
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1091
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01:01
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47. Coming to Cambridge as a fellow - Wittgenstein
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1
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2259
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04:18
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48. Decision to move from mathematics to physics
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1
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1733
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02:01
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49. Being supervised by Nicholas Kemmer
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2
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1346
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03:06
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50. Heitler: quantum theory of radiation
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1541
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00:59
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51. Studying quantum field theory
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2174
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01:55
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52. The reasons for moving to Cornell University
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1709
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02:36
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53. Good fortune
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1357
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01:56
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54. Introduction to the American way of life
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1577
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00:55
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55. Community at the Rockefeller building
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1151
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01:27
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56. Courses and people at Cornell
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1
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1562
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02:42
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57. Work on the Lamb shift equation
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1508
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03:01
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58. Richard Feynman and his work
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2
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5065
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05:42
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59. Presenting the Lamb shift findings
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1854
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00:57
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60. Introduction to strong interactions
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1352
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00:56
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61. Fellow graduate students at Cornell
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1451
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02:26
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62. Social differences between England and the US
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1606
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01:11
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63. The Cold War and the Federation of American Scientists
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1263
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02:26
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64. The Lamb shift
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1
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2277
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05:44
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65. Hans Bethe
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1
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2230
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04:57
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66. The difficulty of getting anything started
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1
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1450
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00:46
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67. Working practice
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3
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1400
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01:51
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68. Moving from Cornell to the Institute for Advanced Study
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1315
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01:54
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69. Julian Schwinger's summer school talks
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2452
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00:42
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70. An educational road trip with Richard Feynman
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2871
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02:35
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71. Talking physics with Feynman: path integrals
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3216
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02:55
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72. The Feynman diagrams
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1
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3026
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02:36
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73. How difficult was it to understand Schwinger?
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1
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4180
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04:55
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74. George Uhlenbeck and David Park at Ann Arbor
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1398
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01:18
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75. Travels: Berkeley, Martin Luther King, Salt Lake City
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1215
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01:50
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76. Linking the ideas of Feynman, Schwinger and Tomanaga
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2348
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06:47
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77. Meeting Feynman with Cécile DeWitt-Morette - the proof needed
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2721
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02:19
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78. Trying to convince Oppenheimer that the old physics works
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2
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2167
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03:43
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79. The seminar series: convincing Oppenheimer
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2023
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03:54
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80. The S-matrix paper that made me famous
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2075
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02:53
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81. Oldstone conference: Renormalization of theories
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1385
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02:14
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82. Returning to England
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1112
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01:03
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83. Oppenheimer
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1
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2164
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03:27
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84. The Princeton Institute: faculty, friends, attitudes
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2
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2086
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04:20
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85. Oppenheimer's parting advice
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1966
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01:48
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86. Falling in love with Verena Haefeli
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1
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1832
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01:17
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87. Verena Haefeli
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1
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1490
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02:40
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88. Relationship with parents
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1
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1253
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02:06
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89. Being a house guest of Rudolf and Genia Peierls
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1254
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01:12
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90. The betrayal by Klaus Fuchs
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1
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1898
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02:53
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91. Gerry Brown
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1
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1193
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00:58
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92. Attempts to make quantum electrodynamics into a completely solvable theory
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1
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1497
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04:31
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93. Work on the strong interactions
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1171
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03:17
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94. Fermi's rejection of our work
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1
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2857
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06:35
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95. Why I don't like the PhD system
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2
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4216
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06:56
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96. Being the laundry boy during the Oppenheimer security hearings
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1479
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03:10
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97. Leave Princeton if Oppenheimer was sacked?
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1371
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01:30
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98. Summer school at Les Houches
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1985
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01:33
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99. Work at Berkeley with Charles Kittel
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1986
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01:32
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100. Ferromagnetism and spin wave theory
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1295
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05:06
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101. One-dimensional ferromagnets
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866
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02:32
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102. The ground state energy of a hard-sphere Bose gas - Elliot Lieb
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885
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02:06
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103. Energy levels of complex systems: background
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875
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03:50
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104. Inviting Mehta to work on circular ensembles
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846
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02:13
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105. My work with Mehta is now more relevant
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814
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04:49
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106. A bottle of champagne to prove the stability of matter
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1165
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03:40
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107. Lieb and Thirring clean up my matter stability proof
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1236
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03:24
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108. Phase transitions in three dimensional ferromagnets
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708
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03:00
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109. Could gravity vary with time?
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1088
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06:09
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110. Work by Dyson and Alex Shlyakhter on the fine-structure constant
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819
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04:08
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111. Samarium 149 proves the world is so rich in detail
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973
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06:04
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112. Building a safe reactor at General Atomics
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818
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02:14
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113. How the warm neutron principle works
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961
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05:32
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114. Edward Teller: Like a spoilt brat
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1890
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02:04
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115. Project Orion: background
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2815
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01:33
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116. Project Orion: using basic principles of physics
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1769
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01:59
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117. Project Orion: Dyson's work
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1313
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05:00
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118. Interest in space science and space travel
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1
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1067
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05:12
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119. Project Orion: the question of fallout
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897
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01:42
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120. The nuclear test ban and the end of Project Orion
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818
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03:34
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121. Discussion with Bethe and Teller on the nuclear test ban
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896
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00:59
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122. Becoming an American citizen
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944
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01:49
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123. Invitation to join JASON
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803
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02:42
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124. JASON's involvement with the Human Genome Project and JASON's members
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657
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03:43
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125. My opinion of the DoE and NIH positions on genome sequencing
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580
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01:34
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126. Adaptive optics and the problems of classification
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662
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06:22
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127. Claire Max and adaptive optics
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608
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02:20
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128. Misconceptions about JASON in Vietnam
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685
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06:08
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129. Work with the Disarmament Agency
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447
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02:51
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130. Matthew Meselson's opposition to chemical and biological weapons
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607
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03:28
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131. Positions on further weapons research
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621
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01:25
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132. Being wary of genetic engineering
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697
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03:02
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133. Genetic engineering and the responsibility of scientists
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1
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643
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04:11
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134. Astrophysics: 'I've been a cheerleader but not a player'
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1
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631
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02:36
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135. Gravitational wave astronomy
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1
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704
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02:00
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136. Communication with aliens: The Cocconi-Morrison conjecture
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1
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805
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02:39
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137. Detecting aliens through artificial sources of infra-red
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683
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02:45
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138. The Dyson sphere - hijacked by science fiction
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1
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1335
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02:33
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139. Being outside of general relativity
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1
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1090
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01:01
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140. Survival in an older and colder universe
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1
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851
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03:24
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141. The origins of life
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1
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1119
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03:48
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142. My theory on the origin of life
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1
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1325
|
06:29
|
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143. The origins of life - the idea of symbiosis
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1
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747
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03:23
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144. The balance of carbon in the atmosphere
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1541
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06:33
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145. Stratospheric cooling vs global warming
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1033
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01:27
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146. Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: conclusions
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1
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1166
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02:42
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147. Early work on Ramanujan and the continued relevance of mathematics
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1
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1428
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02:31
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148. 'God appears to be a mathematician'
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1
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1759
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02:35
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149. On becoming a writer
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825
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02:51
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150. Shift in priorities from career to global problems
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660
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01:00
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151. Science and religion
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1
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1655
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03:45
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152. Reflection on career
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1
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1055
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04:23
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153. Rocky relationships with institutions and people
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1
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1097
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02:13
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154. My friendship with Oliver Sacks
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1
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1083
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01:48
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155. Family, friends and work
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2
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871
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01:04
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156. Friends and children
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919
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01:57
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157. Why I am an optimist
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2
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1308
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02:36
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