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Programme of Lectures 2004-2005

   

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Autumn Term 2004
Sep 23 Life on Other Worlds
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Dr Alan Longstaff (Science Writer)
Sep 30 SOCIETY MEETING
Oct 7 Edmond Halley
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Prof Stuart Malin
Oct 14 Stars that go Bang in the Night
- Dr Robert Smith (University of Sussex)
Oct 21 Observing Jupiter
- Mr Mike Foulkes (Deputy Director, BAA Jupiter Section)
Oct 28 HALF TERM
Nov 4 SOCIETY MEETING
Nov 11 Observing Comets
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Mr Nick James (BAA Papers Secretary)
Nov 18 Planetary Nebulae - the Link between Red Giants and White Dwarves
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Prof Mike Barlow
Nov 25 1) Introduction to Space Physics
2) The Magnetic Field of Saturn as seen by Cassini Space Probe
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Dr Nicholas Achilleos (Imperial College)
Dec 2 SOCIETY MEETING
Dec 9 Mary Somerville (1780 - 1872) and the World of Science
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)
Dec 16 Progress of Astronomy from Earliest Times to 1558
- Mr Anthony Kinder (BAA)

Winter Term 2005
Jan 13 John Flamsteed (1646 - 1719): The First Astronomer Royal
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Dr Allan Chapman (Wadham College, Oxford)
Jan 20 A Deep Truth about Reality: A Pair of Electrons is not like a Pair of Gloves
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Dr Fay Dowker (Imperial College)
Jan 27 SOCIETY MEETING
Feb 3 Huygens at Titan
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
Feb 10 The Royal Greenwich Observatory at Greenwich at Herstmonceux
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Dr Anthony Wilson (RGO)
Feb 17 HALF TERM
Feb 24

Radio Galaxies: Particle Acceleration in Space
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Dr Martin Hardcastle (University of Hertfordshire)

Mar 3 SOCIETY MEETING
Mar 10 Low Cost Missions for In-Depth Exploration of Asteroids and Comets
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Dr David Fearn (British Interplanetary Society)
Mar 17 News from SWIFT
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Dr Nial Tanvir (University of Hertfordshire)

Spring Term 2005
Apr 14 The White-Hot Universe
- Prof Antony Hewish
Apr 21 The Galaxy Unveiled
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Mr Tom Boles (BAA)
Apr 28 A Massive Star Odyssey: from Main Sequence to Supernova
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Dr Adam Burnley (University College London)
May 5 Making a Deep Impact on Comets
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Dr John Mason (BAA)
May 12 Molecules in Space
- Dr Jonathon Rawlings (University College London)
May 19 SOCIETY MEETING
May 26 John Dee: Looking at Stars in Elizabethan England
- Mr
Richard Dunn (National Maritime Museum)