Academic Lectures Organised by The Maxwell Society

The Maxwell Society Lectures are a series of lectures on topical scientific issues. They are aimed at a general audience and all are welcome to attend, especially those from the other London universities.
The lectures are held weekly at 2pm on Mondays in room K2.31.

 There has been a slight change in this timetable due to bad weather on the 2nd of February. Professor Mavromatos will now give his lecture in the Autumn Term 2009.

Spring Term 2009

19 January: Andy Smith, STFC Daresbury Laboratory
The Flagship of King Henry VIII, the Mary Rose: History and Science Combined

26 January: Simon Scarle, Rare Ltd
Putting Sparks, Smoke and a Heart into the Box : GPGPU Particle and Cardiac simulations on an XBox 360

2 February: No Lecture

9 February: Nigel Smith, RAL
Extreme Astroparticle Physics: From the South Pole to a Salt Pit

16 February: Rex Godby, University of York
Computational Modelling

23 February: Laura Mersini-Houghton, University of North Carolina
The Birth of the Universe from the Multiverse

27 February – 1 March: Cumberland Lodge Weekend – Alternative Medicine
Confirmed speakers are:
Simon Singh: Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial
Peter Hylands (King’s College London): Traditional Chinese Medicine
Peter Naish (Open University): Hypnosis - Trickery or Therapy? (including a demonstration)
There will also be presentations on Acupuncture, Spiritual Healing and Colour/Light
Medicine (TBC).