Past Lectures
Speakers who have contributed a talk to the David Elder lecture series in the Planetarium at Glasgow Science Centre include:
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct 2018 | Markus Nordberg | "Connecting the Worlds of Micro to Macro: from Open Science to Open Innovation — CERN as a Case" |
| 26 Sep 2018 | Prof. Leo Hollberg | Space, Time and Quantum Clocks |
| 8 May 2018 | Prof. Lyndsay Fletcher | Living with a Star |
| 28 Mar 2018 | Prof. Matt Griffin | Seeing the Invisible Universe: Infrared Astronomy from Space |
| 31 Jan 2018 | Prof. Sheila Rowan | Gravitational waves – turning on the soundtrack to the Universe |
| 29 Nov 2017 | Prof. John Brown | Comets – bringers of death, bringers of life, and cosmic probes |
| 25 Oct 2017 | Tania Johnston | Reaching New Heights in Astronomy |
| 27 Sep 2017 | Steve Owens | Universe or Multiverse? |
| 15 Jun 2017 | Prof. Martin Hendry | Exploring The Dark Side of the Universe |
| 2 Mar 2017 | Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell |
Cosmic Fireworks – Finding Transient Events in the Universe |
| 2 Feb 2017 | Prof. Monica Grady |
Collision and Catastrophe |
| 1 Dec 2016 | Dr Matt Taylor |
Chasing a Comet |
| 3 Nov 2016 | Dr Paul McNamara |
LISA Pathfinder and the Hunt for Ripples in Space |
| 6 Oct 2016 | Dr Stuart Clark |
The Search for Earth's Twin |
| 8 Sep 2016 | Prof. Chris Lintott |
Is the Milky Way Special? |
| 29 Aug 2016 | Prof. Joe Giaime |
Gravitational Waves and LIGO |
| 3 Mar 2016 | Dr Pippa Goldschmidt | Writing in the Stars |
| 4 Feb 2016 | Dr Marek Kukula | The Intimate Universe |
| 3 Dec 2015 | Prof. Massimiliano Vasile | Stardust |
| 17 Nov 2015 | Dr Bernie Fanaroff | The Unseen Cosmos |
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