̽»¨Ö±²¥birth and the death of the stars is the topic of this week’s Darwin Lecture.
̽»¨Ö±²¥birth and the death of the stars is the topic of this week’s Darwin Lecture.
̽»¨Ö±²¥talk, entitled " ̽»¨Ö±²¥Science and Beauty of Nebulae" is being given by Dr Carolin Crawford. ̽»¨Ö±²¥lecture is a change to the original programme, which featured Dr Carolyn Porco, who is unavailable.
Dr Crawford will discuss how interstellar space; isn’t truly a vacuum devoid of matter, but is inhabited by vast thin clouds of gas and dust that appear as glorious and complex structures.
She will showcase some of the most spectacular images of these ‘nebulae’, including many taken with the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, by looking at them with new eyes, dissecting the pictures and learning how to ‘read’ what they tell us about the turbulent story of the birth and death of stars. Indeed, revealing the science behind the beauty.
̽»¨Ö±²¥free, public lecture will be held at 5.30pm on Friday, 11th March, at the Lady Mitchell Hall on the ̽»¨Ö±²¥'s Sidgwick site. As usual, people are advised to arrive as early as they can to guarantee themselves a place in the theatre, as the lecture series is proving popular and demand is high.
Dr Carolin Crawford is an astronomer at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, and a Fellow of Emmanuel College. Her research focuses on the properties of the most massive galaxies in the Universe, using data collected from the largest ground-based and space telescopes.
She combines her research and teaching with her other passion – communicating her love of astronomy to as wide an audience as possible. She runs the outreach programme at the Institute of Astronomy,
̽»¨Ö±²¥annual Darwin College Lecture Series has been running since 1986. Over the years a remarkable list of leading academics and public figures, from a wide range of fields have spoken to the public on an equally diverse set of themes (like Survival, Confict, DNA and Memory). These themes change from year to year and each lecture is given by someone from a different academic discipline, making for a diverse, accessible and popular lecture series.
This year’s theme is Beauty and the series has thus far seen presentations from Professor Lord Robert May on distinguishing truths, Professor Frank Wilczek on quantum beauty in physics, and Jose Hernandez on the concepts of beauty and the grotesque.
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