Author Archives: glindsey
The work of Alan Turing
An inscription on the Alan Turing bench in Sackville gardens, Manchester city centre, reads: “Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice.” Alan Turing is well known for his cryptographic work at Bletchley Park in World War … Continue reading »
Jeff Forshaw’s talk – a write-up
On Monday 12th September (SciBar’s seond birthday) Jeff Forshaw led the Bollington SciBar in a discussion of “Our natural world – or why physics is so interesting”. Jeff, Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Manchester, provided a taster … Continue reading »
British earthquakes
Please note that the next Bollington SciBar will be on Monday 9th May, 6.30 – 8.00pm. As usual, it will be at The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington. Admission is free and anyone from Junior school age to pensioner is … Continue reading »
Ancient Culture, Modern Science
Monday 14th March 2011; 6.30 – 8.00pm. The ancient Egyptians are famous for their pyramids, tombs, and fabulous golden relics, but some of the things they left behind are much more personal – letters, tools, toys and even themselves. Although … Continue reading »
Synthetic biology: Life 2.0?
The next Bollington SciBar will be at The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington on Monday 10 January 2011, 6.30 – 8.00pm. The speaker is Dr Martyn Amos, Reader in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Digital Technology at Manchester Metropolitan … Continue reading »
Would you want your genome sequenced?
The next Bollington SciBar will be at The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington on Monday 11 October, beginning at 6.30 pm. The speaker is Andrew Read, Professor of Human Genetics at Manchester University. What took the Human Genome Project 15 … Continue reading »
A Tour of the Solar System & Beyond
The next Bollington SciBar will be at The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington on Monday 13 September, beginning at 6.30 pm. The speaker is Andrew Greenwood, chair of Macclesfield Astronomy Society, www.maccastro.com. If you’ve ever asked yourself “I wonder what’s … Continue reading »
What makes the colours in butterfly wings?
Everyone has marvelled at the coloured patterns of butterfly wings. But what makes the colours? The next Bollington SciBar, on Monday 14 June, might have the answer. Hywel Curtis, a former physics researcher at University of Exeter, now works as … Continue reading »
Symbiosis: the microbiome and health
The next Bollington SciBar will be at The Vale Inn, Adlington Road, Bollington on Monday 10 May, beginning at 6.30 pm. This will be a bang up-to-date topic of emerging science. The speaker is Dr Ian Wilson of Astrazeneca plc. … Continue reading »
The World of Frogs: from Bollington to the Amazon
The SciBar on Monday 12th April 2010 will be on the first day of the new school term and will be especially suitable for family groups. Andrew Gray, the Curator of Herpetology at Manchester Museum, will explain the many fascinating … Continue reading »