Quantum Biology: Tunneling and Coherence in Living Cells
Examines experimental evidence for proton quantum tunneling in enzymatic catalysis, excitonic coherence in photosynthesis, and radical-pair magnetoreception in birds.
Talks & colloquia from Royal Institution
8Self-contained seminars, public lectures, and invited talks.
The Big Picture: Poetic Naturalism from the Core Theory to Consciousness
Connects effective quantum field theory, thermodynamic entropy, Bayesian epistemology, and emergent agency into a coherent naturalist worldview.
The Physics and Philosophy of Time
Explains why a single universal 'now' vanishes in general relativity and loop quantum gravity, and how thermal coarse-graining gives rise to macroscopic time.
If Brains Are Computers, Who Designs the Software?
Argues that Darwinian natural selection and cultural memes build 'competence without comprehension,' assembling human conscious reflection from sub-personal neural processes.
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Physical Reality
Asymptotic freedom Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek distills modern physics into space, time, few elementary fields, gauge symmetry, complementarity, and cosmic history.
The Bioenergetic and Electrical Origins of Life
Explains how natural proton gradients across alkaline hydrothermal vents could drive prebiotic carbon fixation and give rise to chemiosmotic ATP synthesis across all life.
Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy
Uses virtual reality and simulation hypotheses as sharp instruments to re-examine Cartesian skepticism, structural realism, mind-body dualism, and value.
The Discovery of Pulsars
First-hand account of building a four-acre dipole radio telescope at Cambridge and spotting the faint 1.33-second 'scruff' on chart paper that revealed rapidly spinning neutron stars.
Study paths featuring Royal Institution
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5 steps · 4h5 universities
Chemical Principles, Bioenergetics & Morphogenesis
Quantum orbitals, proton gradients, bioelectric patterning, and paleogenomics
MIT · Yale University · Royal Institution +2
5 curated lecturesOpen path →
6 steps · 7h3 universities
Quantum Fields, Cosmic Inflation & the Arrow of Time
Relativistic fields, Noether symmetries, early-universe inflation, and entropy
Perimeter Institute · MIT · Royal Institution
6 curated lecturesOpen path →