Distinguished Maths & Physics Public Lectures

4th Annual Charlotte Scott Lecture in Mathematics

Can maths save the world? An operational researcher’s perspective a public lecture by Ruth Kaufman OBE, FORS, FIMA, CSci Former President of the Operational Research Society (2016–2017) Chair of the Society’s Pro Bono Steering Group Wednesday 4 December 2019 6 pm – 7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of…

4th Annual Robert Grosseteste Lecture in Astrophysics

It’s About Time! a public lecture by Professor Don Kurtz Jeremiah Horrocks Institute, the University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK Friday, 31 January 2020, 6:00-7:20 pm Newton Lecture Theatre INB0114 in the Isaac Newton building, University of Lincoln Book a place Days, Weeks, Months, Years and more: Hear about Roman Emperors, Zulu Wars, Rider Haggard,…

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…