Established talks
    pulsing star
  • The Story of Star Names
    Sumerians to the present day - why do stars have such strange names?
    (35 mm slide and OHP, Powerpoint)
  • Failed to Find Neptune
    All about the failed Cambridge hunt for Neptune in 1846
    (Powerpoint)
  • The History of the Almagest
    How Ptolemy's great book dominated astronomy for 1400 years
    (OHP)
  • Sir Arthur Eddington: Man, Myth & Mystic
    A biography of the famous astrophysist
    (Digital or OHP)
  • Historic Telescopes of the Cambridge Observatory
    All about the many interesting telescopes that have been used at the Cambridge Observatory
    (Powerpoint)
  • Sir Robert Ball
    The life of the 'Victorian Sir Patrick Moore'
    (Powerpoint)
  • Astronomers in Obscurity
    long forgotten astronomers and their assistants
    (Powerpoint)
Programme of talks 2013

19 Apr 2013 - 'The Story of Star Names' (Norwich A.C.)

6 May 2013 - 'Sir Arthur Eddington' (Oxford)

28 May 2013 - 'The Story of Star Names' (Leicester A.S.)

12 Jun 2013 - 'Failed to find Neptune' (Hertford A.G.)

2 Jul 2013 - 'Sir Arthur Eddington' (Lincoln A.S.)

25 Jul 2013 - 'Failed to find Neptune' (Luton A.S.)

5 Aug 2013 - T.B.A. (St. Neots)

27 Sep 2013 - 'The Story of Star Names' (Milton Keynes A.S.)

27 Nov 2013 - T.B.A. (Letchworth & District A.S.)

Societies I have spoken to
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  • Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
  • North Bucks Archaeological Society
  • Aylesbury Astronomical Society
  • Bedford Astronomical Society
  • Cambridge Astronomical Association
  • Cambridge University Astronomical Society (CUAS)
  • Cardiff Astronomical Society
  • Cheam Astronomical Society
  • Clacton & District Astronomical Society
  • Cody Astronomical Society (Farnborough)
  • Guildford Astronomical Society
  • Leicester Astronomical Society
  • Letchworth and District Astronomical Society
  • Loughton Astronomical Society
  • Lowestoft Astronomical Society
  • Luton Astronomical Society
  • Milton Keynes Astronomical Society
  • Newton Astronomical Society
  • North Bucks Archaeological Society
  • Northants Amateur Astronomers
  • Orwell Astronomical Society
  • Oxford Astronomical Society
  • Papworth Astronomy Club
  • Peterborough Astronomical Society
  • Sawtry Astronomical Society
  • Society for the History of Astronomy
  • St. Neots Astronomical Society
  • Stour Astronomical Society
  • Tiverton Astronomical Society
  • University of Bristol, Physics Department
  • University of Kent Space Society
  • VECTIS (Isle of Wight)
  • West of London Astronomical Society
  • Worthing Astronomical Society
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