Thursday, 5 November 2009, 7.00pm
Manchester's Own Rocket Scientist
Daniel Jubb
Daniel Jubb built his first rocket from a kit at the age
of eleven. At twelve he founded the
Falcon Project with his grandfather and they began making their own
rockets. Early rockets were launched
from the army ranges at Otterburn until they were in danger of exceeding the
maximum permitted altitude. The test
programme then moved to the US where it continues today—although manufacturing and
design take place in both the US and the UK.
Mr Jubb, now twenty-five, sports a truly magnificent moustache.
Royal Northern College of Music, Booth Street West, Manchester
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Thursday, 12 November 2009, 7.00pm
COUTAULD LECTURE
Maths, Magic and Mystery
Professor Chris Budd
Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Bath
Maths is
often thought of as a logical subject with no element of mystery or surprise.
In contrast maths is full of surprises. In this
talk Chris Budd will
show you some
mathematical mysteries by doing magic tricks based on maths, creating
fantastic art and how maths can be used to tell (mysterious) stories. All you
need to bring is your imagination.
Royal Northern College of Music, Booth Street West, Manchester
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 7.00pm
Osborne Reynolds - Eminent Manchester Scientist, Engineer and Pioneer
Professor Derek Jackson
University of Manchester
This lecture is concerned with some pioneering scientific studies by a past president of the Manchester Lit. & Phil. of a variety of interesting and important matters. These include turbulence, which all of us have had direct experience of without necessarily being aware of the Manchester connection. It will include video material of experiments performed using Reynolds’ original equipment.
Manchester Academy, Moss Lane East, Manchester
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Tuesday, 24 November 2009, 7.00pm
The Fiction of Development
Professor Michael Woolcock and Dr Dennis Rodgers
Brooks World Poverty Institute
University of Manchester
How do the facts on poverty,
disease, atrocities of war and other world matters become successfully
disseminated to the population? Issuing facts and figures, press statements and
formal reports provides information to those with a specific interest, but
perhaps the tangential approach of including all this in novels will reach a
far wider audience.
Royal Northern College of Music, Booth Street West, Manchester
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