Professor Mike Edmunds, Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, University of Cardiff, will deliver the Larmor Lecture, entitled The Antikythera mechanism and the mechanical universe, in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, on 8 October 2012, at 5.30 p.m. Further information is available at http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org/lectures.shtml.
The Cambridge University Scientific Society aims to promote all branches of science at a level that is stimulating both to those studying science and to those with an arts background. The Society is one of the most active science societies in Cambridge, organizing weekly talks, social events, and away trips.
Further information and a list of upcoming talks for the term can be found on the Society’s website at http://www.scisoc.com.