Science and Technology
CONVENOR - Philip Cheung
MEETING DAY - 1st Tuesday of month, unless where otherwise indicated
VENUE - Sparrow Green Pavilion, until further notice
TIME - 14.00 - 16.00
We are a group of about 12 who meet to hear about and discuss topics of interest in science and technology. Whether our working lives have involved science or not, we have in common an interest to keep up with current issues and/or to increase our knowledge of science and engineering.
If you wish to come to any of our meetings and/receive up-to-date information, please contact Philip simply by clicking to the Bluebird icon on this page.
Current Programme
| Date | Topic | Presenter |
| 7th May | Elementary Particles and Dark Matter | Philip Cheung |
In March we looked at the astronomical evidence for dark matter and dark energy. This month, Philip will give an introductory talk on elementary particles, already known or yet to be discovered, that may be candidates for dark matter. Dark energy, on the other hand, appears to correspond to a term in Einstein’s equation of General Relativity. But is there more to it?
Previous Meetings
| January 2024 | Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity - a talk by Philip Cheung, following up on the talk “The Early Life of Albert Einstein” in November | |
| February 2024 | Generative Artificial Intelligence (ChatGPT) - a discussion based on the Turing Lecture by Prof Mike Wooldridge. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kSl0xkq2lM | |
| March 2024 | Astronomical Evidence for Dark matter and Dark energy - a discussion based on material from two lectures found on the internet. | |
| April 2024 | Some physics and mathematics of the 12-note western musical scale - a talk by Philip Cheung. |