Roscoe Lectures
http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/coursespublic/directory/lectureseries/roscoelectures/
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In 1866 Henry Enfield Rosco
He began a series of lectures to bring science to a wider audience - forming the foundations for a great tradition that eventually became Courses for the Public. We revisit his inspired idea with a series of one off lectures by some of the University’s most popular and prestigious speakers at the special price of a 21st Century ‘1d’.
13th November 2008
SE016A08 Einstein’s Theory of Relativity
Professor Jeff Forshaw, School of Physics and Astronomy
4th December 2008
SE017A08 Searching for Life Beyond the Solar System
Professor Ian Morison, School of Physics and Astronomy
22nd January 2009
SE018W08Dinosaurs, Space Shuttles and ParticleAccelerators
Dr Phil Manning, The Manchester Museum
19th February 2009
SE019W08 A Stroke of Bad Luck: Understanding Brain Disease
Dame Professor Nancy Rothwell, Faculty of Life Sciences
5th March 2009
SE020W08 The Bionic Man: Myth to Reality
Professor Tony Freemont, Clinical and Laboratory Sciences
Each lecture will take place from 7.00 - 8.30pm
Fee £7 per lecture