11/07/2010
British Historian, Professor Niall Ferguson, revives the era of gentlemanly capitalism, when the point of banking was people, not money.
British Historian, Professor Niall Ferguson revives the era of gentlemanly capitalism, with a new biography of the high financier, Siegmund Warburg. A man, he says, current day bankers would do well to study.
Serbian born physicist, Professor Vlatko Vedral argues that the idea of information holds the key to understanding our universe.
German novelist Julia Franck explores how the effects of war are passed on from one generation to another, with lasting emotional impact.
A moral banker abandoning a child, all reduced to ones and zeros. Illustration by Emily Kasriel.
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Professor Niall Ferguson
Era of gentlemanly capitalism.
Duration: 17:18
60 Second Idea to Change the World.
Professor Vlatko Vedral says schools should be independent from state and religion.
Duration: 05:06
Professor Vlatko Vedral
Quantum Information Theory - the unifying language that helps describe the whole Universe
Duration: 16:44
Julia Franck
Why the scars of war live on... even after three generations.
Duration: 16:36
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- Sun 11 Jul 2010 19:05GMT大象传媒 World Service Online
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The Forum
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