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| Date: | 20/06/10 |
| Time: | 13:00 |
| Venue: | Tuppenhurst Farm |
| Description: | A special, social event to mark 25 years of the Society |
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Celebratory Lunch – Members & Guests
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Antimatter
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| Speaker: | Prof. Frank Close |
| Biography: | Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, and a tutor in the Theorical Physics department |
| Date: | 18/05/10 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Main Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Can antimatter solve the world’s energy problems and other issues?
THE MAY MEETING WILL BE PRECEDED AT 1930 BY THE SOCIETY’S AGM – MEMBERS ONLY |
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Challenges in predicting weather and climate
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| Speaker: | Prof. Paul Hardaker, FRMetS CMet CEnv |
| Biography: | Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society |
| Date: | 20/04/10 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | High resolution forcast accuracy and the value of seasonal and decadal forcasts. How we make climate predictions, model limitations and what evidence they provide on climate change. |
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Flowers as computers With Fibonacci and PHI
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| Speaker: | Dr Ron Knott |
| Biography: | Visiting Fellow, Department of Mathematics University of Surrey |
| Date: | 16/03/10 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Flowers and Fruit act like computers that find fractions for Phi. Why? The maths of Fibonacci and the Golden Section is explored. |
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Developing new drugs for diseases of poverty
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| Speaker: | Prof. Simon Croft, BSc, PGCE, PhD |
| Biography: | Head of Department of Infectious Tropical Diseases London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| Date: | 10/02/10 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Covering malaria, TB and other ailments such a sleeping sickness, plus economic and pharmaceutical issues. |
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| Meeting Details | |
| Speaker: | John Cotton |
| Biography: | Senior Consultant in Advanced Materials, CERAM Research Ltd |
| Date: | 14/01/10 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Research on very highly stressed materials for applications in aerospace, defence, medical etc. |
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Powering London and the Olympics
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| Speaker: | Owen Keith |
| Biography: | Project Manager – London Olympics, National Grid plc |
| Date: | 08/12/09 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Main Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Deep bored cable tunnels similar in size and scale to the London underground network to date and next phases |
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The incredible human journey
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| Speaker: | Dr Alice Roberts, BSc, MB, BCh |
| Biography: | Anatomist, University of Bristol |
| Date: | 17/11/09 |
| Time: | 19:30 |
| Venue: | Main Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | THE ERASMUS DARWIN MEMORIAL LECTURE
Who are we and where do we come from? Genetics, archaelogy and fossils provide the answers!
Tickets from the LichfieldGarrick Box Office |
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Annual Dinner – Members & Guests
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| Speaker: | Richard Tetley and Prof. John Cambell |
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| Date: | 21/10/09 |
| Time: | 19:00 |
| Venue: | The Oat Barn, Packington Moor Farm |
| Description: | Short address by the outgoing and incoming Presidents
19:00 for 19:30 |
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The Anitkythera Mechanism
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| Speaker: | Prof. Mike Edmunds |
| Biography: | Cardiff University and The Science and Technology Facilities Council |
| Date: | 14/10/09 |
| Time: | 20:00 |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre, LichfieldGarrick |
| Description: | Recent research on a Greek astronomical calculator from C 100 BC raises questions about the history of technology |
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