Richard Cox and Professor Mike Edmunds Image credit: Richard Cox Jantar Mantar translated means Instrument Calculation which refers to the functions of the instruments for astronomical measurements documenting the heavens based upon the principles of Galileo. The Jaipur site, the largest of the four existing Jantar Mantars has 18 instruments. This site was created in […]
Dr Emily Winterburn Wednesday 3rd April 2024 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Meet John Herschel, much less famous today than either his father or his aunt yet in his day he represented the very definition of what a scientist should be. In 1824, as the […]
Monday 4th March 2024 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Part of a BRLSI series of events around International Women’s Day to celebrate Extraordinary Women. The image is from the book cover (see below), credit: Bodleian Library Ada, Countess of Lovelace, (1815-1852), is sometimes called […]
Elisabetta Strickland Friday 1st March 2024 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Part of a BRLSI series of events around International Women’s Day to celebrate Extraordinary Women. The image is at Somerville College, the artist is James Rannie Swinton (1844).Photo credit: Somerville College, University of […]
Nicholas Pallett Friday 2nd February 2024 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) – astronomer, mathematician, visionary, dreamer, explorer, astrologer is best known for his laws of planetary motion, providing one of the foundations for Isaac Newton’s theory of universal gravitation.An illustrated talk […]
Dr Isobel Romero-Shaw Friday 5th January 2024 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom The image is a still from a video simulation of merging balck holes © NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Gravitational waves — ripples in the space-time fabric of the Universe — were […]
Hazards, Situational awareness and responsible use of space Dr Philippe Blondel Friday 1st December 2023 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Lecture 4 of 4 on the theme ‘Conserving the Planet’ in association with the Herschel Museum of Astronomy Image shows the distribution of space […]
The Caroline Herschel Prize Lecture 2023 7.00 pm Thursday 16th November 2023 at the 10E 0.17 Lecture Theatre, University of Bath and online via Zoom Dr Marie van der SandeUniversity of Leiden Dr Marie Van de Sande discusses why a multidisciplinary approach is necessary in understanding how stars like our sun die. Astrochemistry is a […]
Meeting the challenge of satellite constellations (and why you should care) Dr Robert Massey Friday 3rd November 2023 7.30 pm in the BRLSI, can be attended either in the BRLSI or remotely on Zoom Lecture 3 of 4 on the theme ‘Conserving the Planet’ in association with the Herschel Museum of Astronomy Image shows Signal […]
The Bath Preservation Trust Museums are looking at ‘Conservation in Action’ this year, and for the Herschel Museum of Astronomy, this is focused on ‘Conserving the Planet’. The Herschel Society have agreed to collaborate with them on a shared lecture programme on this theme which will consist of 4 lectures given from September to December […]