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The Hewlett-Packard Science Lectures were instituted in 1996 as a forum for improving the public understanding of science. Held at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, Bristol, they provide an opportunity for the public to hear distinguished lecturers discuss a broad range of scientific topics, from current research to the interaction between science, technology, art and society. The lectures are widely publicised to schools, colleges and universities and to other companies. The lectures are aimed at an audience which has an interest in science but is not necessarily expert in any branch.
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2006
Wednesday 18 Oct 2006 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Steve Jones, Professor of Genetics, University College
London
Why Creationism is Wrong and Evolution is Right
Abstract, biography and related
links
Wednesday 21 June 2006 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Dr Hugh Hunt, Senior Lecturer
Department of Engineering, Cambridge University
Fellow of Trinity College
"Boomerangs, Bouncing Balls & other Spinning Things!
Abstract, biography and related links
Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00
PST)
Prof James Hough FRS, Director
Institute for Gravitational Research, Glasgow University
Ripples from the dark side of the Universe
Abstract, biography and related links
Wednesday 25 Jan 2006 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Dr Tilly Blyth,
Curator of Computing & Information, Science Museum, London
Computers as Instruments for
Social Change
Abstract, biography and related links
2005
Wednesday 5 October 2005 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Dr Andrew R Parker, Senior Research Fellow
Dept of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London
Ancient vision and the cause of the Cambrian explosion
abstract, biography and related links
Wednesday 13 July 2005 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Prof J Roy Sambles, Thin Film Photonics, School of Physics,
University of Exeter
Lasers, Light and Liquid Crystals
abstract, biography and related links
Wednesday 27 April 2005 at 5.00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Dr David Saunders, Scientific Officer, The National Gallery, London
(Not) scratching the surface: digital imaging
techniques for examining paintings
Abstract, biography and
related links
2004
Thurs 28th October 2004 at 5.30 pm GMT (9.30 PST)
Professor Stephen Hoskins - Director, Centre for Fine Print Research,
UWE
"Why we do what we do
The surface, aesthetic and tactile qualities of printed artefact"
Abstract, biography and related links
Weds 20th October 2004 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Dr Iain Gray - Managing Director, General Manager and Head of
A380 Wing, Airbus.
"Designing and
building the world's largest commercial
aircraft - the Airbus A380"
Abstract, biography and related links
Weds 9th
June
2004 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Professor
Jos Engelen - Chief Scientific Officer & Deputy
Director-General of CERN
"Science and challenges of the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) programme"
Abstract, biography and related links
Weds 17th March 2004 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Adam Hart Davies - Freelance photographer, writer and
broadcaster
"My favourite heroes of science
and invention"
Abstract, biography and related links
2003
19 November 2003 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Anton Zeilinger Director of the Institute of Experimental Physics at the
University of Vienna
Of
Cats and Entanglement: From Schrödinger to Quantum Information
Abstract, biography and
related links
8 October 2003 at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Marcus du Sautoy
Department of Pure Mathematics and Mathematical Statistics, University of Cambridge; Royal
Society Research Fellow
Title, Abstract, biography and related links
30 April 2003 at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Michael Berry
Royal Society Research Professor, Department of Physics, University of Bristol
Making Light of Mathematics
Abstract, biography and related links
5 February 2003 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Artur Ekert
Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford
Quanta, Ciphers and Computers
Abstract, biography and related links
2002
27 November 2002 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST and 12.00 noon EST)
Simon Singh
Author, Journalist and TV Producer
Cracking the Cipher challenge
Abstract, biography and related links
23 October 2002 at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Colin Pillinger
Professor of Planetary Sciences, The Open University
Head of Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute
Beagle 2 - Searching for life on Mars
Abstract, biography and related links
15 May 2002 at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Rodney Brooks
Director of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and
Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science, MIT
Flesh and Machines
Abstract, biography and related links
2001
2 May at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Geoffrey West
Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
The scale of life; a unified view from molecules and cells to whales and ecosystems
2000
8 November at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Felice Frankel (link: http://web.mit.edu/felicef/)
Project Director - Envisioning Science
MIT
Making Good Science Look Good
13 September at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Persi Diaconis
Professor of Mathematics
Stanford University
Mathematics and Magic Tricks
26 July at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Gerald Jay Sussman
Matsushita Professor of Electrical Engineering
MIT
The Legacy of Computer Science
31 May at 5:00pm BST (09:00 PST)
Sir John Kingman
Vice-Chancellor
Bristol University
Are Universities Obsolete?
22 March at 5:00pm GMT (09:00 PST)
Lawrence Lessig
Berkman Professor of Law
Harvard Law School
The Constitution of Free Code and Free Society<
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