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| Speaker: | Peter Pallett | View Flyer |
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| Date: | Tuesday, 6th June 2023 | |
| Time: | 8:00 p.m. | |
| Venue: | Studio Theatre of the LichfieldGarrick | |
| Description: | During the Cold War, the Soviet Union embarked on the most comprehensive mapping project of the twentieth century. This talk will examine the fascinating origins of this project and showcase a range of examples, including detailed plans of towns and cities from around the UK. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Carolyn Roberts |
| Biography: | Gresham College |
| Date: | Wednesday, 8th September 2021 |
| Time: | 8:00 pm |
| Venue: | By Zoom |
| Description: | The bodies of murder victims, whole or in pieces, often end up in rivers or canals. In these tragic and gruesome settings, environmental science can help to identify where bodies have come from or gone to. Professor Roberts’ work as an Expert Witness with UK police forces and other agencies has applied scientific principles to murder investigations, helping to establish a new science of forensic hydrology. Drawing on macabre and fascinating case studies, the lecture will range from particular cases to the general principles of tracing bodies, and the application of science in supporting the law. Frequently grisly, and probably not for those of a nervous disposition, but of guaranteed interest to the curious. |
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| Speaker: | Michael Marshall |
| Biography: | Freelance science writer |
| Date: | Tuesday, 5th October 2021 |
| Time: | 8:00 pm |
| Venue: | By Zoom |
| Description: | How did life on Earth begin? Solving one of the biggest mysteries. The origin of life is one of the most challenging questions in modern science. This talk explores the ideas that have been put forward to explain the beginning of life. |
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| Speaker: | Dr Sophie Fielding | View Flyer |
| Biography: | British Antarctic Survey | |
| Date: | Thursday, 2nd December 2021 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | Lichfield Main Theatre (If conditions permit.) | |
| Description: | This Polar Research ship is a major UK Government investment in polar infrastructure, designed to keep Britain at the forefront of world-leading research in Antarctica and the Arctic. This talk will introduce its state-of-the-art science capabilities and why they are required. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Stuart Haszeldine |
| Biography: | University of Edinburgh |
| Date: | Tuesday, 11th January 2022 |
| Time: | 8:00 pm |
| Venue: | To be advised. |
| Description: | Fossil fuels have powered the UK since early in the 1700’s - first with coal and town gas, then oil, and now methane gas. How can switching to hydrogen help to emit less carbon, whilst keeping cookers and home heaters similar to now, and not digging up every street? The world’s first conversion of houses to hydrogen should start during 2021 in South Fife, using green hydrogen, and should show the benefits and difficulties of home-grown renewable fuel. |
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| Speaker: | Jon Davies | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Operations Director, Interconnectors, Nationalgrid Ventures | |
| Date: | Wednesday, 9th February 2022 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | A virtual lecture via Zoom | |
| Description: | The UK and several countries in mainland Europe exchange electricity through cables under the English Channel and the North Sea. How did they get there, what do they do and how do they do it? | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Richard Buggs | View Flyer |
| Biography: | Queen Mary University, London; Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew | |
| Date: | Tuesday, 8th March 2022 | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | To be advised | |
| Description: | A brief history of research from Darwin’s day to our own to explain the sudden appearance of flowering plants in the Cretaceous period. | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Simon Schaffer | View Flyer |
| Biography: | University of Cambridge | |
| Date: | CANCELLED. MEMBERS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED BY E-MAIL | |
| Time: | 8:00 pm | |
| Venue: | The Studio Theatre of the LichfieldGarrick | |
| Description: | The career of the great mathematician Alan Turing has drawn fascinated attention to his projects in the development of code breaking and computers; this talk explores some of the wider and significant implications of this work and its relevance to understanding how machines can think. | |
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| Speaker: | Mr Navin Furtado |
| Biography: | Queen Elizabeth Hospital |
| Date: | Wednesday, 11th May 2022 |
| Time: | 8:00 pm NB To be preceded by the AGM at 7:30 pm. |
| Venue: | To be advised. |
| Description: | A lecture to discuss the progress in neuroprosthetics in modern surgical practice and how it is relevant. |