4th Edmund Weaver Lecture in Astronomy: It's About Time
7 Mar 2025
6.00pm
Lecture Theatre, Isaac Newton Building, Brayford Pool, University of Lincoln, LN6 7TS
Event Information
Join us on Friday 7 March 2025, at 18:00 at the University of Lincoln for this 4th Edmund Weaver Lecture in Astronomy. The talk will finish at 19:40 and includes an interval and a Q&A session.
Professor Don Kurtz will delve into the intriguing world of time with his It's About Time talk.
This talk is arranged by the University of Lincoln and supported by the IOP East Midlands branch.
Days, Weeks, Months, Years and more: Hear about Roman Emperors, Zulu Wars, Rider Haggard, Thomas Hardy, the English time riots, and how the days of the week got their names in an amusing and informative tour of the Western calendar.
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