Resources by Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Mini lectures: cancer

This video can be used as an introduction to the topic of cancer as itgives an overview to the process. It provides a clear explanation of many of the key terms used when discussing cancer formation

Key terms explained: meiosis, mitosis,apoptosis, mutation, tumour, oncogenesis, mutagens, reverse...

Mini lectures: cosmology

This animated video describes how Einstein’s field equations led to the cosmological constant, which was later shown to be incorrect.  However, Friedmann and Lemaitre found solutions to Einstein’s equations, if the universe was still expanding.  Hubble found evidence from the red-shift of galaxies that the universe...

Mini lectures: drug targets

This video has a run time of 8 minutes. It discusses the ways of delivering drugs. the research and design of various drug types are discussed with a brief explanation of the mode of action of these drugs. It includes clips from lectures by the original scientists researching and designing drugs.

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Mini lectures: game theory

This video explores the history of game theory.

It includes the 'Thief vs Guard' example, the 'Prisoner's dilemma' and the application in game theory in insurance company policy and organ transplant donations. The video features a series of speakers from the Meetings of Nobel Laureates, and runs through...

Mini lectures: global warming

Looks at the impact of global warming and to what extent humanity has contributed to this.  The animated video explains the greenhouse effect, and how greenhouse gases can absorb infrared radiation and then re-emit it.   It also looks at how the oceans become more acidic when carbon dioxide is absorbed from the...

Mini lectures: gravitational waves

This animation describes how gravitational waves were first detected, in 2015, at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), 100 years after Einstein predicted them.  Newton’s theory of gravity and Einstein’s theory of General Relativity are briefly described.  Taylor and Hulse showed indirect...

Mini lectures: imaging in science

This mini lecture from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings looks at the electromagnetic spectrum and how various wavelengths have been used in imaging. Starting with a history of telescopy and microscopy, the lecture brings the viewer right up to date with a section on the James Webb telescope and high-resolution...

Mini lectures: Marie Curie

In this lecture from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, the story is told of Marie Curie and her extraordinary life. The lecture is presented as Marie Curie's life story taking us from her early years in Poland to Paris where she spent most of her life. The lecture contains many photographs, some recorded...

Mini lectures: molecules

This lecture from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings outlines the importance of small molecules in living organisms. The lecture describes the discovery of various vitamins, neurotransmitters, hormones and odorants (including pheromones). The lecture's emphasis is on the contribution to science of the Nobel...