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)
  • Time Travel: A Beginner's Guide
    A non-technical survey of the science, the fiction and the possibilities of travel in time
    (OHP)
Programme of talks 2009-10

13 Jan 2009 - Tour of Historic Telescopes (St. Pauls)

21 Mar 2009 - IoA Open Day (Library display)

25 Mar 2009 - The Story of Star Names (Bedford)

18 Apr 2009 - David Dewhirst Conference 'Books and the Sky' (Cambridge)

6 May 2009 - Sir Robert Ball (Papworth)

11 May 2009 - 'Failed to find Neptune' (St. Neots)

15 May 2009 - Historic Telescopes of the Cambridge Observatory (MKAS)

19 Jun 2009 - 'Failed to find Neptune' (Cambridge Astronomical Association)

27 Aug 2009 - Historic Telescopes of the Cambridge Observatory (Loughton A.S.)

12 Sep 2009 - Cambridge Observatory (Open Cambridge)

10 Oct 2009 - 'Failed to find Neptune' (Lincoln A.S.)

2 Dec 2009 - 'The Star of Bethlehem' (Cambourne Public Library)

5 Dec 2009 - 'Astronomy in 1859' (Webb Society AGM - Cambridge)

3 Feb 2010 - 'Sir Arthur Eddington: Man, Myth & Mystic' (CUAS)

20 Feb 2010 - 'The Ely Solar Observatory' (SHA Spring Conference, Manchester)

6 Apr 2010 - The Story of Star Names (Stour Astronomical Society)

21 Jun 2010 - Sir Robert Ball (Worthing A.S.)

9 Jul 2010 - 'Astronomers in Obscurity' (Milton Keynes A.S.)

Societies I have spoken to
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