... and deep in thought in the Pottery Room.
This is a sketch of our future programme for 2008-2009
All meetings at 14:00 in the
Pottery Room unless otherwise stated.
| November 20 | Bell's inequality Note there will be an additional DVD on the subject after the talk so for those who wish to stay for this, recommended, so put an extra hour on your parking ticket. |
| December 18 | Xmas Novelties |
| January 15 | Young Person Royal Lecture |
| Febuary 19 | A Healthy Diet |
| March 19 | Energy Storage |
| April 16 | Rivers Dee & Seven |
| May 21 | Common Sense and Evolution |
| June 18 | Biological Innovations |
| July 16 | Adhesion - Why do Things Stick |
| August 20 | Bees (Possible Evening) |
| September 17 | Hydron Collider - One Year On |
| October 15 | Numbers - Where did they come From |
| November 19 | Greek and Roman Science | December 17 | Xmas Novelties |
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Science group members modelling the latest in fashionable headgear at UKAEA Culham... |
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... and deep in thought in the Pottery Room. |
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Greater London Industrial Archaeology Society (GLIAS)
A series of four free lectures this Spring. Several
speakers on science subjects, cost £15
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Mysteries of quantum mechanics, handout format, March 2007 (155 kB) |
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Consciousness, handout format, July 2007 (168 kB) |
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Consciousness, Powerpoint format, July 2007 (398 kB) |
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Consciousness notes, July 2007 (85 kB) |
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Evolution of human nature, Powerpoint format, January 2008, (393 kB) |
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Evolution of human nature, b/w handout format, January 2008, (74 kB) |
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GLIAS lectures details (17 kB) |
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Science of the senses notes, March 2008 (14 kB) |
Resources
New Scientist - latest news and developments, updated daily; articles, featurets and more.
Science News updated weekly.
Scientific American - news, articles etc.
Science Science magazine, the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
BBC Science news - main stories, not as detailed as New Scientist, but a useful summary.
BBC Science and nature website - masses of resources and material.
Channel 4 science pages A bit more "pop" than some others, but worth a browse.
OpenLearn The TV programmes may have gone, sadly, but the Open University's new Open Learning site promises to be a very useful alternative resource. Includes a science/nature section. The parallel LabSpace site allows you to interact too - if you can figure out how it all works!
Oxford University Department of Continuing Education. Run all kinds of courses including day and weekend events near you.
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, with a UK mirror site at Leeds. A growing collection of interesting articles, mostly on philosophy and philosophers obviously, but including quite a few on quantum mechanics, relativity, some mathematical topics etc.
Daily newspapers - a "portal" site - links to all national and many local newspapers, and magazines.
Engineer live. Registration necessary.
Society for Amateur Scientists. US based, but some useful reference info.
Science a gogo - the take from Down Under.
Topics
Gravity Probe B - A satellite mission, launched in 2004 and containing the four most accurate gyroscopes ever made, and the first all-new experimental test of Einstein's General Relativity for 50 years. The experiment is complete and the data are being analysed - a preliminary announcement was made in April 2007. The geodetic motion (due to the curvature of space-time caused by the earth's mass) has been confirmed to better than 1%, but larger than expected electrostatic "patches" on the surfaces of the gyros have complicated the detection and measurement of the main prize, the much smaller Lense-Thirring (frame dragging) effect due to the earth's rotation. A final result is now expected in December 2007. Latest: the announcement of the final results has been delayed - again - until May 2008.
Wycombe astronomical society - a local club and observatory.
Water - an interesting and most unusual substance, from London South Bank University.
PBMNR - a novel so called "intrinsically safe" and variable output nuclear power plant design.
Heavens above find out when satellites are passing over you; look for iridium flares.
Ecoworld - green science.
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Home of the Doomsday clock.
Periodic table - with links to element properties.
European Space Agency - often seems to be in the shadow of NASA, JPL etc, but the Mars Express images are stunning, for example.
John Baez - a good place to start for relativity and quantum gravity info.
The 4th assessment report (Feb 2007) of the UN Intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC). Also, the UK Met Office Hadley Centre's current research on climate change.
If you can't help cheating on your partner, you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere. Offset your cheating by making a contribution to help someone else stay faithful at CheatNeutral. Or just possibly this site is trying to make a point about carbon offsetting?
Large Hadron Collider - now nearing completion at CERN in Geneva, and due to start operating in 2008. First science results expected from 2009 onwards. The largest piece of experimental scientific equipment ever built. Will it find the Higgs boson, or the axion, or identify what dark matter might be made of? Might it even find evidence for supersymmetry, or create a black hole and destroy the earth? We'll just have to wait and see.
Grid computing - find out about how spare processor time on your PC can be used to screen potential anti-cancer drugs, and other worthwhile projects at CERN's Grid Cafe.
UKAEA Culham - home of nuclear fusion experiments.
Fun stuff
History of mathematics - archive
Science Museums portal site
The Ig Nobel prizes: honour achievements that first make people laugh, and then make them think.
Bad science - just a grumpy old man, or striking a blow against woolly thinking?
Urban legends - try the science section. Some of them could even be true.
Weather trivia
Cherrapunji, India holds the world record for the most rainfall in one month (366 inches) as well as the most rainfall in one year (1,042 inches).
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The background for this page is adapted from the image of the galaxy NGC1512 taken by the Hubble space telescope, and available (along with many others) on the website of the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) at http://hubblesite.org/
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