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Standard Model Colour Notebook
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Wear your, well ... absolutely everything! on your cover with our Standard Model Colour Notebook. In the 1970s, scientists established that everything is built from a few basic building blocks called fundamental particles, governed by four fundamental forces – and they expressed these findings with the Standard Model. It has been used to inform our knowledge of how these particles act with one another and has successfully explained almost all experimental results and precisely predicted a variety of phenomena since then. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Women's The dreams of an Astronaut hoody
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What do astronauts dream of? In 1991, Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space; in this design from our YouTube animation, she shares a dream she has about returning to space, and talks about what it’s like to gaze down on the earth from above. Part of The Digital Collection at the Royal Institution. Inspired by the work of our team behind our record-breaking YouTube channel! Celebrate your love of science with our 1.3 million subscribers today. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Relaxed - Pride Collection t-shirt small icon
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Celebrate pride Ri style with our new for 2024 pride collection! We're committed to championing diverse voices within science throughout the year. We believe that science is for everyone, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels safe, represented, and welcome within the sciences.
Kids' Space explorer hoody
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In 1977 Carl Sagan gave the CHRISTMAS LECTURES on space travel. In his final lecture, he spoke about the human race venturing out into space; his words are as relevant now as they were then. As we look to send people to Mars and then beyond, are we finally realising Sagan’s vision? Part of The Digital Collection at the Royal Institution. Inspired by the work of our team behind our record-breaking YouTube channel! Celebrate your love of science with our 1.3 million subscribers today. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Women's connective world t-shirt
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Science is global. Travel the world with this us with this bold graphic design which simply screams global connections and collaborative science. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
Men's Ri elements black text t-shirt
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In the 1800s, Royal Institution professors were the first to identify 10 chemical elements. Now it's time for you to make your own discovery, a new t-shirt! Help the Ri celebrate the history of chemistry with this graphic design and you'll never forget the 10 chemical elements of the Ri again. Buying from us directly supports our charitable activities, such as support to engage with science for disadvantaged schools.
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What is a mind? - with Philip Ball
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2023Jan 19
Does a fly have a mind? What about a tree? Or a machine? How do we even begin to think about ‘minds’ that are not human? Watch the Q&A here:    • Q&A: What is a mind? - with Philip Ball   Buy Phillip's new book 'The Book of Minds' here: https://geni.us/H9iBz Understanding the human mind and how it relates to the world of experience has challenged scientists and philosophers for centuries. Join award-winning science writer Philip Ball as he argues that, to understand our own minds and imagine those of others, we need to stop considering the human mind as a standard against which all others should be measured. In this talk, discover what we have learned from the minds of other creatures, from octopuses to chimpanzees, and what we can say about the potential minds of computers and alien intelligences. Philip Ball is a freelance writer and broadcaster, and was an editor at Nature for more than twenty years. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media and has written many books on the interactions of the sciences, the arts, and wider culture, including 'H2O: A Biography of Water', 'Bright Earth: The Invention of Colour', 'The Music Instinct', and 'Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything'. Philip's book 'Critical Mass' won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. He is also a presenter of Science Stories, the BBC Radio 4 series on the history of science. He trained as a chemist at the University of Oxford and as a physicist at the University of Bristol. He is the author of 'The Modern Myths' and lives in London. This talk was recorded by the Ri on 23 June 2022. The Ri is on Patreon:   / theroyalinstitution   and Twitter:   / ri_science   and Facebook:   / royalinstitution   and TikTok:   / ri_science   Listen to the Ri podcast: https://anchor.fm/ri-science-podcast Our editorial policy: https://www.rigb.org/editing-ri-talks... Subscribe for the latest science videos: http://bit.ly/RiNewsletter Product links on this page may be affiliate links which means it won't cost you any extra but we may earn a small commission if you decide to purchase through the link.

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