Power

Seven internationally prominent writers address the theme of Power from the perspective of their own disciplines. Energy policy expert Mary Archer begins with an exploration of the power sources of our future. Astronomer Neil Tyson takes a tour of the orders of magnitude in the cosmos. Screenwriter Maureen Thomas explains the sophisticated mechanisms of narrative power in the media of film and videogames, Elisabeth Bronfen the emotional power carried by representations of life and death, and Derek Scott the mysterious Mozart effect and the power of patriotic music. Mathematician and inventor of the Game of Life John Conway plays with the power of mathematics, and finally celebrated parliamentarian Tony Benn considers the complex problems of power in a democracy.