Norah Boyce Science Lectures

This lecture series will continue to be held at 5.45pm on Tuesdays in the Sackler Lecture Theatre of the Institute of Astronomy on Tuesdays. Please do not arrive before 5.30pm as access to the room is not available at this time. All welcome.
The Institute of Astronomy is in a side road marked ‘University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise’, on the north side of the Madingley Road, roughly opposite J J Thomson Avenue. It is 300 yards from the bus-stops there. Leaving the Madingley Road there is a car park on the right hand side and the Institute of Astronomy is the second building on the right further on. If the first car park is full, continue past the Institute and bear right for a second car park. The OS map reference is 543050 259390 or TL430594.

Further details of the lectures

Autumn term

18 October                       

Cuckoo versus hosts; an evolutionary arms race

Nick Davies, FRS

15 November

Antibiotics, virulence, faith, phages and flotation: the wonderful world of bacterial sociology

Professor George Salmond

29 November

Sir Humphry Davy: Natural Philosopher, Discoverer, Inventor, Poet, Man of Action

Sir John Meurig Thomas, FRS

Spring term

17 January

Life's future in the universe

Professor Martin Rees, FRS (Lord Rees of Ludlow)

7 February

Letting off pressure - as simple as ABC

Professor Morris Brown, MD, FRCP

6 March

All power is theft

Dr Richard McMahon

Summer term

24 April

Can study of the history of science explode myths?

Professor Martin Johnson, PhD, FRCOG

15 May

The wonder of wheels

Dr Chris Burgoyne