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Hello, you are warmly invited to attend the 6th Stephen Gray Lecture @4pm on Wednesday 23/3/2022 (London time), virtually or in person. Prof Dame Jane … Read more

My quantum physics lecture notes can be downloaded here: qm_v33b

Every year the Stephen Gray Lecture reaches out across our diverse university community and to the wider public. It aims to expound and debate some … Read more

Today I sent out an email, produced every year, to people who will, for the rest of the academic year, work on research projects under … Read more

Our culture tends to assume that selfishness is natural, while altrusim requires an explanation. But why?

Who would have thought I’d get to do a spot of literary criticism? OK, I am being too generous to myself there (and probably insulting … Read more