Membership is full. The group meets at 2pm on the third Tuesday of the month.
If you wish to join the science group please use the form below.
The group meets monthly to listen to or discuss topics in science and mathematics.
It is hoped that group members will present talks on various topics, although there is no obligation to do this.
The group meets in members’ homes unless the group is too large and requires a larger room.
Convenors: John Yarrall and John Smith
Past Topics
2024
17 September 2024 – Rutherford and the Birth of Nuclear Physics
20 August 2024 – The Weird World of Very Cold Liquids
16 July 2024 – Science of Language
18 June 2024 – Dyslexia Reconsidered
21 May 2024 – James Webb telescope
16 Apr 2024 – Microscopy and Viruses
20 Feb 2024 – Movie ‘Oppenheimer’
2023
21 Nov 2023 – Last meeting of year
17 Oct 2023 – Lathes and Precision
18 Sep 2023 – Artificial Intelligence
15 Aug 2023 – Project Alpine Fault 8
18 Jul 2023 – William Smith Father of Geology
20 Jun 2023 – Evolution of Toxicology
16 May 2023 – Movie “Rainman”
18 Apr 2023 – Movie “Rainman”
21 Mar 2023 – Autistic Savants
2022
18 Oct 2022 – Bio Computers
20 Sep 2022 – Social Science of Gentrology
16 Aug 2022 – The Measure of everything
19 Jul 2022 – Structure of water
21 Jun 2022 – Nature of Magma
2021
17 May 2021 – Mechanics of Orbits
19 Apr 2022 – The Planets “Mars”
21 Dec 2021 – “Is life worth living, it depends on the liver.”
16 Nov 2021 – Batteries history and recent developments
19 Oct 2021 – Moon exploration, previous and planned
21 Sep 2021 – Farming in low rainfall areas
17 Aug 2021 – Thermodynamics – Heat, Energy and Work
20 Jul 2021 – Autistic savants
15 Jun 2021 – Movie “Radioactive”
18 May 2021 – Radiology Xray and radioisotopes
20 Apr 2021 – Robotics
16 Mar 2021 – Cytology – Cells and evolution
16 Feb 2021 – Sleep
2020
15 Dec 2020 – History of transport
17 Nov 2020 – Craniology and Phrenology
20 Oct 2020 – Sustainability
15 Sep 2020 – “The Current Wars” movie – the competition between Tesla and Eddison
18 Aug 2020 – The composition of the earth
21 Jul 2020 – Orbital mechanics
16 Jun 2020 – Archaeology
19 May 2020 – (Skype) epidemics and pandemics
21 Apr 2020 – Latitude & longitude. Measuring the earth (by Skype)
17 Mar 2020 – Metrology, Weights and measures
18 Feb 2020 – Practical power generation, including demonstrations by members
21 Jan 2020 – The Periodic table
2019
17 Dec 2019 – Probable and Possible Future Energy Sources
19 Nov 2019 – Cooking and the Control of Fire
