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A history of the world in 100 objects

History of the world in one hundred objects

Making us human: 2,000,000-9000 BC : Mummy of Hornedjitef ; Olduvai stone chopping tool ; Olduvai handaxe ; Swimming reindeer ; Clovis spear point -- After the Ice Age: food and sex: 9000-3500 BC : Bird-shaped pestle ; Ain Sakhri lovers figurine ; Egyptian clay model of cattle ; Maya maize god statue ; Jomon pot -- The first cities and states: 4000-2000 BC : King Den's sandal label ; Standard of Ur ; Indus seal ; Jade axe ; Early writing tablet -- The beginnings of science and literature: 2000-700 BC : Flood tablet ; Rhind mathematical papyrus ; Minoan bull-leaper ; Mold gold cape ; Statue of Ramesses II -- Old world, new powers: 1100-300 BC : Lachish reliefs ; Sphinx of Taharqo ; Chinese Zhou ritual vessel ; Paracas textile ; Gold coin of Croesus -- The world in the age of Confucius: 500-300 BC : Oxus chariot model ; Parthenon sculpture: Centaur and Lapith ; Basse-Yutz flagons ; Olmec stone mask ; Chinese bronze bell -- Empire builders: 300 BC-AD 10 : Coin with head of Alexander ; Pillar of Ashoka ; Rosetta stone ; Chinese Han lacquer cup ; Head of Augustus -- Ancient pleasures, modern spice: AD 1-500 : Warren cup ; North American otter pipe ; Ceremonial ballgame belt ; Admonitions scroll ; Hoxne pepper pot -- The rise of world faiths: AD 100-600 : Seated Buddha from Gandhara ; Gold coins of Kumaragupta I ; Plate showing Shapur II ; Hinton St. Mary mosaic ; Arabian bronze hand -- The silk road and beyond: AD 400-800 : Gold coins of Abd al-Malik ; Sutton Hoo helmet ; Moche warrior pot ; Korean roof tile ; Silk princess painting.

Inside the palace: secrets at court: AD 700-900 : Maya relief of royal blood-letting ; Harem wall-painting fragments ; Lothair crystal ; Statue of Tara ; Chinese Tang tomb figures -- Pilgrims, raiders and traders: AD 800-1300 : Vale of York hoard ; Hedwig beaker ; Japanese bronze mirror ; Borobudur Buddha head ; Kilwa pot sherds -- Status symbols: AD 1100-1500 : The Lewis chessmen ; Hebrew astrolabe ; Ife head ; The David vases ; Taino ritual seat -- Meeting the gods: AD 1200-1500 : Holy Thorn Reliquary ; Icon of the Triumph of Orthodoxy ; Shiva and Parvati sculpture ; Sculpture of Huastec goddess ; Hoa Hakananai'a Easter Island statue -- The threshold of the modern world: AD 1375-1550 : Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent ; Ming banknote ; Inca gold llama ; Jade dragon cup ; Dürer's Rhinoceros -- The first global economy: AD 1450-1650 : Mechanical galleon ; Benin plaque: the Oba with Europeans ; Double-headed serpent ; Kakiemon elephants ; Pieces of eight -- Tolerance and intolerance: AD 1550-1700 : Shi'a religious parade standard ; Miniature of a Mughal prince ; Shadow puppet of Bima ; Mexican codex map ; Reformation centenary broadsheet -- Exploration, exploitation and enlightenment: AD 1680-1820 : Akan drum ; Hawaiian feather helmet ; North American buckskin map ; Australian bark shield ; Jade Bi -- Mass production, mass persuasion: AD 1780-1914 : Ship's chronometer from HMS Beagle ; Early Victorian tea set ; Hokusai's The Great Wave ; Sudanese slit drum ; Suffragette-defaced penny -- The world of our making: AD 1914-2010 : Russian revolutionary plate ; Hockney's In the Dull Village ; Throne of weapons ; Credit card ; Solar-powered lamp and charger.

A history of the world in 100 objects [sound recording]

History of the world in one hundred objects

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History of the world in 100 objects (Radio program)

A history of the world in 100 objects [sound recording]

History of the world in one hundred objects

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Albemarle Street : portraits, personalities, and presentations at The Royal Institution

Setting the Scene -- Introduction -- Some Eminent Visitors to Number 21 Albemarle Street in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- The Unique Qualities of the RI -- RI Christmas Lectures -- RI Christmas Lectures in Japan -- More Recent RI Christmas Lectures and their Influence -- Mathematics at the RI -- The Central Role of Mathematics in a Cosmic Context -- The RI as Mecca -- Count Rumford and his Remarkable Creation in Albemarle Street -- Introduction -- Early Life: Soldier, Statesman, and Scientist -- Bavarian Adventures -- West Point or Albemarle Street? -- Madame Lavoisier -- Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Discourser, Inventor, Poet, and Man of Action -- Introduction -- How Did Davy's Life Unfold? -- Davy's Years at the RI -- Davy's Poetic Interests -- A Selection of Davy's Other Achievements -- Agricultural Chemistry -- The Miner's Safety Lamp -- Marriage -- Michael Faraday: Paragon -- Introduction -- A Few of Faraday's Greatest Discoveries -- Electromagnetic Induction -- The Laws of Electrolysis -- Practical and Societal Consequences of Faraday's Laws of Electrolysis -- A Dramatic Lecture-Demonstration -- Faraday and Franklin: Parallels in their Work -- How Did Faraday Get to the RI? -- Field Theory -- The Faraday Effect -- Three Women with Whom He Interacted -- Faraday's Visits to Wales -- Concluding Remarks -- An Assessment of Faraday and Davy -- What was the Essence of Faraday's Genius? -- Faraday's Skill in Coining Words -- Appendix: Excerpts from the Sermon by the Archbishop of York, Preached at Westminster Abbey at Faraday's Bicentenary Celebrations in September 1991 -- The Incredible Lord Rayleigh -- A Cruise up the Nile -- Brief Outline of his Career -- Professor at Cambridge -- Rayleigh at the RI -- Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters with Benjamin Franklin -- Franklin's Monolayer -- The Discovery of Argon -- Conclusion -- A Wager Involving the Age of the Earth -- Rayleigh and Ramsay -- Message from the Current Lord Rayleigh -- The Fuel Cell: William Robert Grove's Discourse in 1843 and Francis Bacon's in 1960 -- Introduction: The Threat of Climate Change -- William Robert Grove at the London Institution -- A Brief History of the Status of the Fuel Cell -- William Robert Grove: The Man and Some of his Other Achievements -- Conclusion -- Molecular Biology and the Crucial Role Played by the Davy -- Faraday Research Laboratory in its Birth -- Introduction -- Crystals of the Living Body -- The Contributions of Astbury and Bernal -- Two Other Major Contributions to Molecular Biology Made at the DFRL: The First-Ever Structure of an Enzyme and the Study of Viruses -- A Final Word about the Importance of Molecular Biology, its Links with the DFRL, and its Relevance to Modern Medicine -- The Importance of a Workshop in a Centre of Research Excellence -- What is Sir Lawrence Bragg Doing in your Garden? -- Modern Diagnostic Medicine: Memorable Discourse in 1986 by Raymond Andrew on MRI -- Introduction: How Untrammelled Curiosity Leads to Major Technological Advance -- the Arrival of MRI and PET -- The Principles of NMR -- Raymond Andrew and the Magic Angle -- The Discourse at the RI on MRI by Raymond Andrew in 1986 -- A Word About Functional MRI -- PET and Transformative Advances in Medicine -- Clinical Research and Healthcare Applications -- Appendix: A Pictorial Analogue of CT -- Egyptomania at the RI: Howard Carter's Discourse on the Tomb of Tut-Ank-Amun from Ante-Room to Burial Chamber -- Introduction -- The Colourful Piazzi Smyth -- Howard Carter and his Discourse -- The Chalice-Like Cup in Tut-Ankh-Amun's Tomb -- Zaki Iskander and Cyril Aldred -- Envoi -- Piazzi Smyth and the Pyramid Inch -- A Summary of How Ancient Egyptians Used Coloured Minerals -- Peter Mark Roget: Facilitator of the Writing of Good English and Two of his Distinguished Successors as the Fullerian Professor of Physiology (Thomas Henry Huxley and Sir Peter Medawar) -- Introduction -- The Unusual Professor Roget -- Roget's Thesaurus -- Roget's Successors as Fullerian Professors of Physiology at the RI -- Some Specific Contributions by Huxley and Medawar -- Thomas Henry Huxley -- Peter Medawar -- Other Qualities Pertaining to Medawar -- The Most Beautiful Experiment in Physics: Candidates from the RI and Elsewhere -- Introduction -- Thomas Young: Phenomenal Young -- The Double-Slit Experiment -- Faraday and Davy -- Lawrence Bragg and Max von Laue -- Eratosthenes and his Measurement of the Circumference of the Earth, Third Century BC -- The Uniqueness of the RI: Some autobiographical reminiscences of my days as Director of the RI -- Introduction -- George Porter -- Important Advice from George Porter -- Kathleen Lonsdale -- Michael Atiyah: Knots at the RI -- The Responsibilities of Scientists at the Royal Society -- Margaret Gowing -- Some of my Activities and Duties During the Faraday Bicentenary -- An Opportunity to write a Book on Faraday -- Brian Pippard -- My First Discourse Speakers -- The Night of the Monarch Butterfly -- A Human Being Weighing Nine Tons! -- Neil MacGregor -- Three Nobel Laureates -- Officers, Professors, Calendars -- Deputy Directors and Professorships of Natural Philosophy: 1986 -- 2007 -- David Phillips -- Richard Catlow -- Discourse Entertainment -- Sam Wanamaker, Jonathan Miller, and Oliver Sacks -- CarlSagan -- Kirill Zamaraev -- Photographs and Portraits of Some Other Notable RI Performers -- Afterword -- Max Perutz's Eightieth Birthday Symposium -- Schools and Christmas Lectures -- The Enzyme Structure Breakthrough -- Reflections on the Role as Director of the RI in my career -- Leaving a Highly Effective Research School in Cambridge -- Could I Emulate What George Porter Did at the RI? -- Miss Irene James -- Spending Time with Bill Coates -- Undertaking Original Research at the Daresbury Synchrotron Facility -- Single-Site Heterogeneous Catalysts (2012) -- Other Pleasures and Privileges of Being Director of the RI -- Inviting Christmas Lecturers -- The Royal Family and the RI -- The Duke of Kent -- My Views on the Present Status of the RI.

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