City Strolls - events - meetings
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
The Runaway Universe Tuesday 13th March 7pm, University of Glasgow, Boyd Orr Lecture
Dr Martin Hendry presents a cosmology lecture exploring the mind-boggling expanse of our universe using the latest stunning imagery from the world's most powerful telescopes, including Hubble. This talk is free and open to everyone.
For info call 0141 330 2806
Boyd Orr, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ
GLASGOW UNIVERSITY SCIENCE FESTIVAL 09 Mar 2007 - 28 Jun 2007 - create,discover, explore. A huge range of lively and interactive activities. This free festival starts with a schools programme during National Science and Engineering
Week (Mar 9th - 18th) and a public lectures series which continues on through to the summer. There are kids workshops during the Easter holidays, a summer schools programme and 3 family weekends in June. The programme is packed full of things to make, create, see, discover and explore. It includes the chance to extract DNA, build and keep your own radio, make and race a solar car, see a glass smashed with sound, explore parasites, see indoor lightning, lie on a bed of nails and much much more!.......... A highlight will be the celebration of the re-opening of the Hunterian Museum following its present closure for refurbishment.
www.glasgowsciencefestival.org.uk
Bob, 11:14
