Reading Cafe Scientifique – Origins: The Cosmos in Verse
Schedule
Tue Nov 05 2024 at 07:00 pm
UTC+00:00Location
Zerodegrees (Reading) | Reading, EN
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A friendly Science focused group entertaining the local community with the fascinating world of science – events from hands on workshops to engaging talks. Everyone welcome!Our monthly meetups are held upstairs at Zero Degrees (9 Bridge St, Reading RG1 2LR) from 7pm.
So please do come along, grab a beer/food at the downstairs bar (the mango beer and wood fired pizza are epic) and enjoy a relaxed evening of talks + networking + beers.
7:00pm Arrivals
7:30pm Welcome and Introductions
7:35pm Origins: The Cosmos in Verse (Professor Joseph Conlon – University of Oxford)
8:20pm Comfort Break
8:30pm Q&A
9:00pm Networking
9:30pm End
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Origins: The Cosmos in Verse (Professor Joseph Conlon – University of Oxford)
Physics, with rhythm and rhyme as never before. A unique physics-cum-poetry performance that reaches from the uncertainty principle of quantum mechanics to galaxies to exploding stars to tell these stories of how things began and the scientists who gifted us this knowledge. I focus on the origin of the elements — through the process of nucleosynthesis in the Big Bang, stars and supernovae — and the origin of the galaxies through cosmic inflation.
Joseph Conlon is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Oxford and the author of approximately 80 scientific papers. His research covers string theory, particle physics, cosmology, axions in the hunt for the fundamental laws of physics. He is the author of Why String Theory? (CRC, 2016) and Origins: The Cosmos in Verse (Oneworld, 2024).
If you would like to get involved and support your local Science community please get in touch – email: scienceinreading [at] gmail.com or twitter: Science in Reading (@Science_Reading)
We meet 1st Tuesday of the month. Format is gathering from 7.00pm with talks commencing at 7.30pm. Talks timings are completely flexible but generally 40-60mins + Q&A with a ~20mins break to encourage social networking.
Contact’s: email: scienceinreading [at] gmail.com or twitter: Science in Reading (@Science_Reading)
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Where is it happening?
Zerodegrees (Reading), Tamp Culture Coffee, 3 Gun Street, Reading, RG1 2JR, United Kingdom,Reading, EnglandEvent Location & Nearby Stays: