Science
| Convenor: | Richard Petty |
| Meeting times: | Tuesday 2-4 pm, 2nd Tuesday of each month |
Our usual venue is St Andrew's Church Upper Hall, Bearsden, unless otherwise noted below in "Dates".
The Science Group is open to all BaM U3A members and you are very welcome to attend any talks that interest you. If you are not already on our mailing list please use the Blue Message Bird to ensure you receive details of future talks.
The newspapers are full of information on scientific advances: COVID vaccines, the confirmation of gravitational waves, understanding of climate change, discoveries about the depths of the ocean, development of new drugs, the influence of the Microbiome on human health.
If you are a bit overwhelmed by all of this, you may like to join the Science Group, where we have a programme of talks in hopefully understandable everyday language to update people on areas of science that have changed since their school days and to help people keep abreast of exciting new discoveries and ideas.
Recent talks:
Vitamins and muscle health role of vitamins D and K- Prof Hannah Lithgow
Turning data into evidence - Adrian Bowman
Problems with plastics - Dr Wendy Jones
Next talks:
12 March: "Technologies to assess/monitor the health of the elderly in their own homes" - Dr Julien Le Kernec, University of Glasgow
9 April: David Murray-Smith on "Decarbonising Public Transport"
Other events of note:
Geological Society of Glasgow - geologyglasgow.org.uk has some interesting talks, see website.
Astronomical Society of Glasgow - at 7.30 pm, Royal College building, University of Strathclyde, Room 6.41: Lectures now all streamed on youtube.. details available via the website.
21 March The European space agency’s science programme
Royal Scottish Geographical Society rags.org has a Glasgow group..
7 March The life cycle - adventure in the Ades
20 March Heart of Arabia - in the footsteps of Harry StJohn Philby
As mentioned above the Science Group is open to all and no prior background in science is needed. If you wish to receive details of meetings, just want to attend a particular talk or wish to volunteer a presentation please contact Richard Petty via the 'message bird'.
| Dates for your Diary | |
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| Tue May 14th | Marco Vezza on "Aerodynamics - from Aeronautics to Wind Engineering" |
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