Distinguished Maths & Physics Public Lectures

3rd Annual Edmund Weaver Lecture in Astronomy

What do we really know about the outer solar system? a public lecture by Dr Phil Sutton University of Lincoln Tuesday 1 October 2019 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place Of the thousands of spacecraft sent into space in the last…

1st Annual Robert Grosseteste Lecture in Physics and Philosophy

The Poetry and Music of Science a public lecture by Professor Tom McLeish, FRS University of York, UK Tuesday 4 June 2019, 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place ‘I could not see any place in science for my creativity or imagination,’ was…

2nd Annual Edmund Weaver Lecture in Astronomy

Fantastic worlds and where to find them a public lecture by Dr Phil Sutton University of Lincoln Wednesday 10 April 2019 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place In recent years there has been an explosion in the discovery of new planets…

3rd Annual Edward Delaval Lecture in Physics

Nature’s engines: Powering life a public lecture by Professor Julia M Yeomans FRS University of Oxford Wednesday 20 March 2019 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place Active systems, from cells and bacteria to flocks of birds, harvest chemical energy which they…

3rd Annual Charlotte Scott Lecture in Mathematics

Our Dynamical Sun: a 21st Century View a public lecture by Professor Ineke De Moortel FRSE University of St. Andrews President of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society Wednesday 6 February 2019 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place Although the Sun might appear…

4th Annual Boole Lecture in Mathematics by John Wilson

Originally posted on Maths & Physics News:
Prof. John Wilson On 2nd of November, George Boole’s 203rd birthday, Professor John Wilson (University of Oxford) delivered the 4th Annual Boole Lecture “Creativity in mathematics and the arts“. At the beginning Professor Andrei Zvelindovsky introduced the lecturer, who is a prominent algebraist having well-established links with the Charlotte…

Isaac Newton Christmas Lecture 2018

Much ado about nothingness: some perspectives from history and physics a duo public lecture (including 20 minutes interval) by Professor Anna Marie Roos School of History & Heritage, University of Lincoln and Dr Fabien Paillusson School of Mathematics & Physics, University of Lincoln Wednesday 19 December 2018 6 pm – 7:45 pm Newton Lecture Theatre…