Lecture Meetings will start at The GREGORY Room, St John's Church, Church Row, Hampstead, London NW3
UNLESS or UNTIL otherwise notified. NOTE THIS IS A CHANGE OF ROOM FROM LAST YEAR.
There is less capacity in this room and so be aware that we may not be able to accommodate all who want to attend.
All meetings are on THURSDAYS at 8:15pm. Coffee and biscuits will be available during the evening for a small charge.
Members of the public are invited.
| Date | Subject (Standard Info) | Speaker |
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8:15 pm |
At HSS, next to Harrison's resting place, a look at all things time (including, appropriately enough, leap years) embracing science through to popular culture. Lester Hillman, HSS member, events organiser on time themes including the recent 150th anniversary of 'Around the World in 80 Days', walks leader, lecturer and writer, former Visiting Professor & Academic Adviser |
(Hampstead Scientific Society) |
8:15 pm |
Thirty years of interpreting fly evidence in the UK's criminal justice system Martin attained a BSc from the University of North Wales, Bangor in 1975, and a PhD from Imperial College in 1978. Following several years working on tsetse fly behaviour and control in Africa, Martin joined London's Natural History Museum as a research entomologist in January 1989 and worked there until his retirement in March 2020. He remains an active Scientific Associate of the Museum and was awarded a DSc from Imperial College in May 2022 for a thesis on published works in the fields of veterinary and forensic entomology. Martin has used his forensic entomology experience on >200 criminal investigations with UK Police Forces. He has authored or co-authored >170 peer-reviewed scientific publications, including original research, reviews and book chapters, many on the biology of blowflies, the insects of primary importance in forensic entomology. He was the founding President of the European Association for Forensic Entomology. “Flies on the wall” are all around us and can provide valuable assistance to criminal investigations, especially of death, if we know how to find them and what questions to ask of them. Martin will talk about his experience of using forensic entomology techniques within the criminal justice system of the UK over a thirty-year period. He will discuss the collection of insect evidence and what it can reveal, illustrated by casework examples. He will also discuss the close and mutually beneficial relationship between research and casework. |
(Natural History Museum) |
8:15 pm |
Whilst many have heard of Bletchley Park, few people were aware of the codebreaking outstations which were staffed by a majority of women during WW2, to support GC&CS in breaking the Nazi Enigma codes. Without these outstations and their support organisations, the outcome of the war may have been very different. This talk outlines some of the background. Ronald Koorm is an author and lecturer on wartime intelligence, codebreaking, and deception. He published a book on outstations in 2020, and is currently publishing a further series of three books as a worldwide Glossary on WW2 codebreaking. |
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8:15 pm |
(University of Reading) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
(TBD) | |
8:15 pm |
via Measurement of Local Potential in Water Electrolysers |
(NPL) |
8:15 pm |
(Birkbeck, University of London) | |
8:00 pm |
Last updated 17-Nov-2024