Education, science, christmas all combined


	Education, science, christmas all combined

balthazarus

12-7-2008 3:36 AM

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12-7-2008 4:44 AM

JohnWaterman

These great lectures have been a part of my Christmas since the late 60's.

12-7-2008 4:53 AM

jimbo1000

Bishop will wow his audience with some mind-boggling facts. For example, the fingernail-sized silicon chip at the heart of your desktop has 400m components, each a hundred times smaller than a bacterium.

gee whizz.
But I remember the lectures a few years ago when the subject was robotics. The manikin robot used in the demonstration stumbled on the steps. I feel there may also be some overweening arrogance shown on the last programme in this series when Artificial Intelligence is discussed.

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