Larmor Lecture - The Milky Way Galaxy - from beginning to end
Mon 10 October 2022
Department of Chemistry
The Larmor Lecture by Professor Gerry Gilmore of the Institute of Astronomy. University of Cambridge - The first talk in a series of lectures organised by the Cambridge Philosophical Society in the Michaelmas Term 2022.
Abstract: What we call the Milky Way, our Galaxy, has been the focus of myth, story and study in every society with a recorded history for millennia. Understanding its structure defeated Isaac Newton. One hundred years ago it was realized that the Milky Way is just one amongst a Universe of galaxies. With electronics, digital systems, and spacecraft we have learned how to measure the structure and assembly history of the Milky Way Galaxy over its 13 billion year history, even identifying ancient stars from the earliest proto-structures to form. We quantify the formation of the chemical elements over time and their distribution in space. We use dynamics to weigh the unseen. We can calculate the future of the Milky Way until it ends its existence as an isolated Galaxy, merging with Andromeda some 5 billion years from now, and the death of the Sun a few billion years after that. This lecture will tell that story.
Cost: free
Enquiries and booking
Booking is recommended for this event.
This scientific lecture is free and open to everyone who is interested - check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org
Booking is recommended to guarantee a place. The venue has limited the numbers attending due to social distancing.
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Entrance to the lecture theatre is opposite the Scott Polar Research Building, off Lensfield Road
Enquiries: Beverley Larner Website Email: philosoc@group.cam.ac.uk Telephone: 01223 334743
Venue
This scientific lecture is free and open to everyone who is interested - check website for latest updates and booking information http://www.cambridgephilosophicalsociety.org
Booking is recommended to guarantee a place. The venue has limited the numbers attending due to social distancing. If numbers permit, tickets may be available on the door due to cancellations/no-shows. Entrance to the lecture theatre is opposite the Scott Polar Research Building, off Lensfield Road |
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