Events Calendar

• Wednesday 23 January 2013
• 7.00pm to 8.30pm

• A down to Earth guide to the cosmos

• Mark Thompson

To the untrained eye, the star-filled sky at night can seem as mysterious and unfathomable as it was to our distant ancestors. Learning about the Universe requires two distinct areas of focus: underst...   Read more >>

• Thursday 24 January 2013
• 1pm-2pm - Fully booked
• 11am-12pm - Fully booked

• CANCELLED Schools event: Rock in 11 dimensions: where physics and guitars collide!

• Dr Mark Lewney

***This event has been cancelled. If you have not been issued a refund yet, please contact Katherine McAlpine on schools@ri.ac.uk*** Led by science presenter and rock guitarist Dr Mark Lewney, th...   Read more >>

• Friday 25 January 2013
• 8.00pm to 9.15pm

• Quantum life: how physics can revolutionise biology

• Prof Jim Al-Khalili

Although many examples can be found in the literature dating back half a century, there is still no widespread acceptance that quantum mechanics, that baffling yet powerful theory of the subatomic wor...   Read more >>