Science
| Meeting Date & Time: | 1st Thursday, 2.15 pm |
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URC Church Hall, Crabtree Close, Holtspur |
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The Science group restarted in February 2007. The programme for the year includes talks, videos, discussions and trips. We aim to exchange ideas and information about all branches of Science. New members are very welcome Please contact convenor for more details |
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The Periodic Table Nottingham University have developed a web site which offers a short video clip about each of the 118 elements in the Periodic table (Yes, 118, even though some of them have been made in only 2 or 3 atoms) To access the site, click www.periodicvideos.com
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The Encyclopaedia of Life This web site plans to document, in depth, all 1.8 million life-forms on the planet. Clearly it will take many years for this to be achieved, but it is well worth a visit To access the site, click www.eol.org
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| Recommended reading | |
| "The Quantum
Frontier: The Large Hadron Collider" by Don Lincoln John Hopkins University Press ISBN 0-8018-9144-2 |
Published just
before it was due to be commissioned in 2008, this is a very good
layman's introduction to the LHC. Available from Bucks County
Libraries For up to date
information on the LHC visit the CERN website: |
| "Bad Science"
by Ben Goldacre - Harper Collins ISBN: 000 728487 X
Available from Amazon for £3.55 |
Well worth
reading. Ben Goldacre's web site is www.badscience.net |
| Future Meetings |
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| May | Visit to Landfill Site at Wapsey Wood (limited numbers) | |
| June | Setting up a science dispaly in Moscow | Deirdre Smage |
| July | ||
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