Programme summary 2023-24 - Updated

 

Date

Subject

Speaker

September 11

The Gas Turbine Engine

Bill Clark

Fly by Wire

Bill Clark

September 25

Technology and Futurology: The View from 1970

David Worsley

October 9

What is the Universe made of and have we always thought this way?

Cath Blacketer

October 23

The History of Crude Oil

Alan Hunton

November 13

What can we learn from a pile of sand in Canada & two heaps of stone and some twigs in Norway?

Michael Alexander

November 27

Rhizobium inoculation

Robin Jenkins

Insect borne diseases

Rod Moreton

December 11

Anonymity in 21st century biology

Michelle Hawkins

 

The Power of Vaccines: Protecting Our Health and Community

Mohamed Osman

January 8

 Chaos Theory

Alan Hawley

The Intrinsic Magnetism of Electrons and Muons: Has the Standard Model of Particle Physics come Unstuck?

 Peter Jarman

January 22

Satellites – What? Where? Why?

Cath Blacketer

February 12

Energy storage

Liz Hamilton

February 26

A quick look at British Canals

Andy Burnard

March 11
Helicopter - Theory of flight
How helicopters fly

David Brookes

March 25

 Visit to the Digital Lab at York University

 

Comments

  1. rodJanuary 19, 2024 at 9:17 PM

    The Canals talk is now 26 Feb, and the Helicopter talk is 11 March.

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