Gresham Professors will be discussing topics ranging from the Maths behind the Movies to how good Safety-Critical software systems really are, the challenges of Air Pollution, and what we know about Sudden Death in the Young.  

Invited guest speakers this month include Associate Professor Juliet Shields from Seattle, on whether Sir Walter Scott invented Scotland, where she explores alternative national identities in literature that Scotland could adopt; and Professor Simon Salamon, on using maths to take the perfect picture of Battersea Power Station. Also back with us, providing a refreshingly dark view of the natural world, is Professor Steve Jones with Cheats, Liars and Fornicators: The Hidden Face of Mother Nature.

More details about all these and other lectures are available on the Gresham College website.

10 Jan    Mathematics Goes to the Movies
Professor Chris Budd OBE

10 Jan    Safety-Critical Systems (software in aircraft, cars etc)
Professor Martyn Thomas

12 Jan    Something in the Air: The Insidious Challenge of Air Pollution
Professor Carolyn Roberts

17 Jan    Did Sir Walter Scott Invent Scotland?
Dr Juliet Shields

17 Jan    King George V
Professor Vernon Bogdanor

18 Jan    The Mathematical Skyline - taking a perfect picture of Battersea Power Station
Professor Simon Salamon

18 Jan    Sudden Death in the Young: A Terrible Waste
Professor Martin Elliott

19 Jan    Roman Singing and its Influence Across Europe
Professor Christopher Page

24 Jan    Is Reality Limited to What Science Can Uncover? CS Lewis's Critique of Naturalism
Professor Alister McGrath

26 Jan    America's Advents: the United States' Christian sects of the early 19th century  
Professor Alec Ryrie

26 Jan    Crime and Punishment: When Legal Worlds Collide
Professor Jo Delahunty QC

31  Jan    Cheats, Liars and Fornicators: The Hidden Face of Mother Nature
Professor Steve Jones