The Community Lectures at Thomas Hardye
2019-20
Monday 16th September 2019
The Science of Laughter
Professor Sophie Scott
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Tickets available (from School Reception and Dorchester TIC) from September 3rd
Other planned lectures
November 11th Extra lecture sponsored by The Institute of Physics
‘Fireworks: Real Science or Just Bangs?’
Matthew Tosh, TV presenter and pyrotechnician, formerly a teacher
December 2nd
‘Heligan and Eden and the future set in stone’
Sir Tim Smit KBE, Executive Co-Chair Eden Project International and Executive Vice Chair & Co-Founder Eden Project.
Spring Term 2019
February 3rd or 10th tbc
'The Creativity Code: How AI is learning to write, paint and think'
Professor Marcus du Sautoy OBE FRS, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science and Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
March 9th to celebrate British Science Week
‘Volcanoes: from fuming vents to extinction events’
Professor Tamsin Mather, Professor of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.
Please note our lectures can be subject to change
Venue: All lectures will take place in the School Theatre
Time: All lectures start at 7.00pm
Admission: Free of Charge, tickets available from school reception and Tourist Information Centre (in Dorchester Library) from 9.00 am on release date
(normally 2 weeks prior to each lecture). Maximum 4 tickets per person.
Donations are welcomed at the end of each lecture.
(The money raised goes to charitable causes.)
Thank you for supporting the charities chosen by last year's speakers who were extremely grateful for your generosity:
‘Adventures in Space’ Dr Suzie Imber from University of Leicester £538.63 for The Big Change https://www.big-change.org/
‘Tales from Television; bringing the natural world to your living room’ Dr George McGavin from Imperial College & University of Oxford £878.06 for Insectopia Insect Museum, Costa Rica http://www.insectopiamuseum.org/beta/
‘Black holes and quantum computers’ Prof Marika Taylor from University of Southampton £791.93 for The Stephen Hawking Foundation https://stephenhawkingfoundation.org/
‘Exploring the Antarctic Deep Sea’ Dr Jon Copley from National Oceanography Centre, Southampton University £771.04 for Candlelighters https://www.candlelighters.org.uk/
See also the Community Lecture Extra Page
Listen to the PodCast of the 'Two Jims' Evening from March 9th 2015
(On March 9th 2015, Professor James Lovelock CH CBE FRS was in conversation with Professor Jim Al-Khalili OBE in the Theatre of the Thomas Hardye School. It was a fascinating evening that you can hear again with this audio Podcast)
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