Gresham lecturers will be explaining how to get rid of bugs and make software Correct by Construction, celebrating the poetry of Emily Dickinson, exploring Citizen Science, and talking about what it's like to be a Children's Heart Surgeon.
Guest lecturers include composer Toby Young on the esoteric delights of 20th Century Music, Carola-Bibiane Schonlieb on how Maths can make you fly, and Alan Boyd on the uses of gene therapy.
In the list below, the lectures will take place at the Museum of London unless they are marked BIH, Barnard's Inn Hall or St Sepulchre's.
26 Apr The Eradication of Infectious Diseases 6pm
Professor Chris Whitty
27 Apr The Gospel of Apartheid 1pm BIH then (optional!) book sales of 'Protestants'
Professor Alec Ryrie
27 Apr The External Financing Position 6pm BIH
Professor Jagjit Chadha
2 May Making Software 'Correct by Construction' 6pm
Professor Martyn Thomas
4 May Singers in the Making of Europe 1pm St Sepulchre Without Newgate
Professor Chris Page
4 May Two Point One Children: Why there is no Typical Family in the Family Court 6pm BIH
Professor Jo Delahunty QC
9 May Is Matter Evil? Philip Pullman's Dark Materials Trilogy 1pm
Professor Alister McGrath
9 May The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: Metaphor and its Philosophical Mysteries 6pm
Professor Belinda Jack
10 May What is Noise? Beauty and Taste in 20th Century Music 6pm
Toby Young
11 May Citizen Science and the Environment 6pm BIH
Professor Carolyn Roberts
16 May Queen Elizabeth II 6pm
Professor Vernon Bogdanor
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7 May The Right Stuff: Information, Privacy and the Ethics of Disclosure (Medicine) 6pm
Professor Gwen Adshead
23 May Mathematics Can Make You Fly 6pm (joint with Mathematical Society)
Dr Carola-Bibiane Schonlieb
24 May Nice Work If You Can Get It: Life as a Children's Heart Surgeon 6pm
Professor Martin Elliott
25 May Gene Therapy - The Future Has Arrived! 6pm BIH
Professor Alan Boyd
30 May From Mr Pickwick to Tiny Tim - Charles Dickens and Medicine 6pm
Dr Nicholas Cambridge
More information for all these lectures are available on the Gresham College website.