Science Group

U3A Farnham2011-2012
SCIENCE FOR THE CITIZEN: Spring 2012. Meetings held every four weeks on Wednesday afternoons from 2 until 4 o’clock usually in the Long Kiln Room but please check the notice board for any different location. Programme:

 149     11Jan.            ‘DNA – Fact and Fiction’
Prof. Peter Goldfarb, formally of Surrey University.
Issues will include:
                                                DNA as our inherited blueprint
DNA and life on earth
DNA and the human genome project, a new understanding
DNA and personalised medicine
DNA as the forensic 'silent witness'
                                                            Questions will be welcome.                      

 150       8 Feb.           ‘Tall Buildings’
                                                Prof. Gerry Parke,    Professor of Structural Engineering,
                                                                                    University of Surrey.

 151     14Mar.            ‘The Ships of the Classical World’ ‘
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 152     11 Apr                        Visit to the Kew Bridge Steam Museum and
                                                                                    Museum of Water Supply.
                                    Arrangements will depend on numbers attending.
                                    We could go in our own cars with the usual timetable:
                                                12.00 Depart Maltings’
                                                            Travel via M3 to Kew.
                                                13.00 Lunch in a convenient Pub.
                                                14.00 Visit Museum.
                                                16.00  Depart Museum for Farnham
                                    Entry £7.50 with an additional payment to have an engine in steam!          

153      2 May ‘The Evolution of Left and Right Brains’
                                                "A generation ago the view was prevalent that left and right handedness
was a characteristic particular to humans; the talk will describe the
 increasing body of evidence that now shows the incorrectness of this
 view, and discuss possible implications.”
 Dr Sid Clough a U3A member, formally of the Met. Office.

  Some topics under consideration for the next programme include: Medical Physics, Fossils, The Science of Horticulture

Trevor Williams, Group Leader Tel. 01252-792589.