Infection, Evil, Music and more

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Wednesday, 26 April 2017 - Tuesday, 30 May 2017

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.

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