Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Richard L. Gregory: The Intelligent Eye

The Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are annual lectures by the Royal Institution presenting scientific subjects the general public in an entertaining manner (since 1825), this series has been broadcast by BBC four since 2010.

Where to Watch Richard L. Gregory: The Intelligent Eye

6 Episodes

  • Ancient Eyes and Simple Brains
    E1
    Ancient Eyes and Simple BrainsOur days are spent looking at a flat world and using our brain to make it come alive. Professor Gregory examines this by investigating a minute water insect and using it as a key to explain the miracle of sight.
  • Learning to See Things
    E2
    Learning to See ThingsOur eyes and our brain have to learn to live with each other, for the eye shows the brain a strange 'upside-down' world which the brain has to sort out and make sense of.
  • Playing with Illusions
    E3
    Playing with IllusionsIt is said that much of life is illusion; but this is an understatement. The pleasure of a conjuring trick and the strange disturbance of an optical illusion make this a provoking programme.
  • How Illusions Play Games with Us
    E4
    How Illusions Play Games with UsA three-dimensional television picture; a splash of colour on your black and white screen; solid figures performing absurd contortions. How do these happen? Have sunglasses with you when you view to find one of the answers.
  • Human Eyes in Space
    E5
    Human Eyes in SpaceOptical illusions can be strange and dangerous when seen by Earth's astronauts in the deep vacuum of space. Lecture 5 tells of the latest experiments devised to minimise the dangers in this blank black world.
  • The Future: Machines that See?
    E6
    The Future: Machines that See?Lecture Six probes into man's greatest dream-a machine that can see and think -the Robot of Science Fiction. Some of the most advanced work on this fascinating subject will be revealed. Sunglasses will be wanted again when the three-dimensional pendulum is explained.

 

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