Midland
Branch Events 2007-2008
Watching the Earth Boil! - predicting volcano behaviour with radar
Dr David Macfarlane (University of St Andrews)
Wednesday 5 September 7:30pm
Foley Arms Hotel, Malvern
Nuclear Power: The Facts, the Fiction, and the Battle against Climate Change
Dr Paul Norman, Nuclear Physics Group, University of Birmingham
Tuesday 25 September 2007
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham
(Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building, lecture starts at 7:30pm)
Towards the Absolute Zero
Dr Chris Muirhead (University of Birmingham)
Tuesday October 2 2007
All lectures will begin at 4:30 in Lecture Theatre B1 of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham
Life as a Quantum Mechanic
Professor Chris Phillips, Imperial College
Tuesday 2 October 2007
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham
(Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building, lecture starts at 7:30pm)
The Cosmic Microwave Background
Dr Katy Lancaster (University of Bristol)
Wednesday 3 October 2007, 7:30pm
Venue to be confirmed
Into the Heart of Matter
Dr Helen Heath (University of Bristol)
Tuesday 30 October 2007, 7:30pm
Hereford SixthForm College
Aero-engines: Technology Challenges and Materials
Neil Glover (Rolls-Royce)
Tuesday November 6 2007
All lectures will begin at 4:30 in Lecture Theatre B1 of the School of Physic and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham.
Recreating the Big Bang using the World’s Largest Machine
Dr David Evans, Particle Physics Research Group, University of Birmingham
Tuesday 6 November 2007
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham
(Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building, lecture starts at 7:30pm)
You are made of star stuff (Annual Public Lecture)
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Monday 19 November 2007, 7:30pm
Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
Tickets £3 from Huntingdon Hall box office (01905 611247)
The Higgs Boson and other things we don't know yet
Dr Vincent Smith, Bristol University
Tuesdat 20 November 2007, 7.30pm
de Lisle Catholic Science College, Loughborough
Christmas Lecture: Can IPODs Grow on Trees?
Chris Forman, Cambridge University
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Tickets for the Christmas lecture can be obtained free of charge from l.long@bham.ac.uk or by writing to Lynne Long , School of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Birmingham, B15 2TT.
Venue: Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building. Time: 7.30pm
Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building.
Gravitational lensing: revealing the dark side of the Universe
Dr Meghan Gray (University of Nottingham)
Tuesday December 4 2007
Lecture will begin at 4:30 in Lecture Theatre B1 of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham
The Science of Taste and Flavour: Molecular Gastronomy (Christmas lecture)
Prof Peter Barham (University of Bristol)
Thursday 13 December 2007, 7:30pm
Venue to be confirmed
Radar: Evolution to Revolution
Prof Chris Baker (University College London)
Monday 7 January 2008, 7:30pm
Foley Arms Hotel, Malvern
How to get a Great Body Image ( - the science of seeing inside your body)
Dr Michael Wilson, Nuclear Medicine Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Tuesday 5 February 2008
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham
(Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building, lecture starts at 7:30pm)
Superconductivity Ideas in Action
Dr Tim Jackson, School of Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Tuesday 19 February 2008
Large Lecture Theatre, Poynting Physics Building, University of Birmingham
(Please note that tea and coffee will be provided from 7 pm in the Tea Room of the Poynting building, lecture starts at 7:30pm)
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