Lecture Reports
Below you will find reports from our lectures. Either click the title to view the report online or download a copy by clicking on the file name next to 'Download report'. Use the search box on this page to find a particular report.
The talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Kit Yates, Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement at the University of Bath, showing some of the pitfalls of careless thinking, and how to avoid them.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 8 Oct 2025
- Professor Kit Yates, Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement
- University of Bath
The talk given to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Prof Dylan Thompson, Deputy Head of Department for Health, Milner Centre for Evolution, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism (CNEM), on the beneficial effects of exercise on aging and health.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 10 Sep 2025
- Prof. Dylan Thompson, Deputy Head of Department for Health
- Milner Centre for Evolution, Centre for Therapeutic Innovation, Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism (CNEM)
The talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Hazel Rymer, Emerita Professor of Environmental Volcanology at The Open University, in which she explains the origins and past of Iceland, and talks about her work in understanding its complexity.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 11 Jun 2025
- Professor Hazel Rymer, Emerita Professor of Environmental Volcanology
- The Open University
The talk presented to the Cirencester Science & Technology Society by Professor Harold Thimbleby, explaining the root cause of many of the problems with computer systems, and the action we should all take to rectify it.
- Category: Lecture Reports
- Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2025
- Professor Harold Thimbleby
- Swansea University



