Conferences
Holmes Lectures for Children: The living planets
Our Place in the Universe
John H Holmes Memorial Lectures for 10-14 year olds, given by the Astrophysics Group in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at Newcastle University
To reserve free places, please contact the Public Lectures office on 0191 222 6136 or e-mail: public.lectures@ncl.ac.uk
Date: 23rd January 2013
Time: 17:00 - 18:00
Venue: Curtis Auditorium, Herschel Building, Newcastle University
In this talk we will find out about the Earth and other planets. How do satellites stay up? What stops us falling off the earth? Using a huge pendulum we will show that the Earth rotates and we will link to some radio signals from outer space. Are there other planets out in space? Is there life out there? Should we get in touch with them?