[meteorite-list] Professor Colin Pillinger lecture - Stones from the sky: A heaven-sent opportunity to talk about science
From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:24:10 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <8CEB5F5433083B2-250-A95F_at_Webmail-d124.sysops.aol.com> Martin wrote: "Sir Edward Topham" Hi Martin, That's something to see in person! Thanks for passing along the link. Wow - was Topham really knighted? I know the king liked him ... but I don't think he raised him to that level. Especially the way he left dumped Mary Wells, who in her time was an actress of such beauty, I'm sure he had a terrible reputation and not being much of a knightly gentleman. Kindest wishes Doug -----Original Message----- From: Martin Goff <msgmeteorites at gmail.com> To: meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Fri, Feb 10, 2012 4:02 am Subject: [meteorite-list] Professor Colin Pillinger lecture - Stones from the sky: A heaven-sent opportunity to talk about science Hi all, Please see the link below to a webcast of Professor Colin Pillingers lecture to the Royal Society recently. (http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/stones-from-the-sky/) Professor Pillinger was the recipient of the Michael Faraday prize in recognition of his excellence in communicating science. The lecture is called 'Stones from the sky - A heaven sent opportunity to talk about science' For those who dont know about Professor Pillinger, here is a lowdown: 'Colin Pillinger is Professor of Planetary Sciences at the Open University. His research interests include designing unique instruments to analyse extraterrestrial samples. During his forty year career he has made more than a thousand contributions to scientific literature, and also found time to be one of Britain's foremost science communicators, contributing dozens of popular articles in newspapers and magazines as well as giving hundreds of public lectures. After analysing a number of meteorites from Mars and finding tantalising evidence of the existence of life there, he conceived the Beagle 2 mission to land on the Red Planet to confirm his discoveries. Throughout the project he filled over thirty notebooks recording the daily happenings which form the basis of his autobiographical account of the mission - "My life on Mars". ' Colin Pillinger is friends with Derek and Katrina Gray, the owners of the Wold Cottage and has a particular interest in the Wold Cottage meteorite and in Sir Edward Topham who was the owner of the land at the time the meteorite fell. The webcast is an hour long but its worth watching, a really good intro to the history of the study of meteorites from a definite personality in the field. Cheers Martin -- Martin Goff www.msg-meteorites.co.uk IMCA #3387 ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-listReceived on Fri 10 Feb 2012 05:24:10 AM PST |
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