The Community Lectures at Thomas Hardye
2019-20
Next Lecture
February 10th 2020
'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.
Previous lecture
Heligan & Eden and the Future set in Stone

Other planned lectures
Spring Term 2020
February 10th 2020
'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 2020 to celebrate British Science Week
‘The Crowd and the Cosmos’
Professor Chris Lintott, 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/
(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)