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List of Guest Speakers for 2000


Talks start at 7.30pm Tuesdays unless otherwise stated. Everybody welcome!

DateSpeakerFromSubject
January
21st (Friday)Prof. Archie Roy Creatures of Chaos
25thDr. Tom Hartquist Dynamics and Chemistry of Diffuse Matter
February
18th (Friday)Dr Allan ChapmanOxford University Giovanni Domenico Cassini - Astronomy's conservative radical
March
14thDr. Gordon Love Adaptive optics and the quest for larger telescopes
28thProf. John Brown Astronomer Royal for Scotland Black Holes and White Rabbits
April
11thDr. Chris DoneDurham University Black Holes
May
9thOpen Night Newton's Apple
16thDr Richard Keesing Newton's Apple
June
27thDr Robin Jakeways John Bevis' Discovery
July
18thDenis Buczynski CCD Astronomy
August
No guest speakers Observatory renovations etc
September
19thDr Rene OudmaijerLeeds University Probing the Universe, The Birth Of Massive Stars
October
20th (Friday)Pam SpenceEditor of "Astronomy Now" Story of the Universe
November
17th (Friday)Dr. Gerry GilmoreCambridge University T.B.A.
December
5thProfessor John DysonUniversity of Leeds WYAS Christmas Presidential Lecture

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