Sidney Greats Lectures (8): 2017-8: Recent Episodes
Cambridge University
Lectures from the Sidney Greats series, designed to introduce great books, ideas, figures and events to a broad range of students, Fellows, staff and alumni from all disciplinary backgrounds. This collection features lectures from the 2017-18 academic year.
Sidney Fellow Dr Rhys Jones introduces Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, its historical context, and its cultural impact.
Prof. David Tong (Trinity & DAMTP) introduces the latest discoveries in the field of gravity, as well as providing an overview of how we got from Newton through Einstein to where we are today.
Sidney Fellow Dr Rupert Stasch introduces the thought of the structural anthropologist and suggests how his ideas are still fundamental to the analysis of cultural relations today.