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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.

Reverse Engineering the Violin

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  • Date: Wednesday, 9 Apr 2014
  • Professor Jim Woodhouse
  • Download Report: reverse_engineering_the_violin.pdf

The Aurora Borealis

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  • Date: Wednesday, 19 Mar 2014
  • Mr Ian Ridpath
  • Download Report: the_aurora_borealis.pdf

Volcanoes, Earthquakes & Tsunamis

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  • Date: Wednesday, 12 Feb 2014
  • Prof D A Rothery
  • Download Report: csts_volcano_lecture_feb_2014.pdf

Edward Jenner: Local Man: Global impact

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  • Date: Wednesday, 8 Jan 2014
  • Professor Gareth Williams
  • Dean of Medicine, Bristol University
  • Download Report: edward_jenner.pdf

Hedonics, or the study of happiness: a load of old rubbish or a new hard science?

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  • Date: Wednesday, 11 Dec 2013
  • Professor Peter Stoward
  • CSTS Member
  • Download Report: hedonics.pdf

Modern Cryptography – A Mathematician in Cyberspace

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  • Date: Wednesday, 6 Nov 2013
  • Dr Richard Price
  • GCHQ
  • Download Report: 2013-11-06-cryptography.pdf

What Science & Technology can do for UK Agriculture

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  • Date: Wednesday, 9 Oct 2013
  • Professor Chris Gaskell
  • Principal of the Royal Agricultural University
  • Download Report: 2013-10-09-science-for-agriculture.pdf

Using Lidar to see through trees

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  • Date: Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013
  • Jon Hoyle
  • Senior Archaeology Officer for Gloucestershire County Council
  • Download Report: 2013-09-18-lidar.pdf

A Little Light Relief

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  • Date: Wednesday, 12 Jun 2013
  • Professor David Phillips
  • Emeritus professor of chemistry, Imperial College, London
  • Download Report: 2013-06-12-a-little-light-relief.pdf

Use of Hydrogenas a Low-Carbon Energy Vector

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  • Date: Saturday, 8 Jun 2013
  • Mark Crowther
  • Download Report: use_of_hydrogen_as_a_low_carbon_energy_vector.pdf

Extremophiles - Plants or Animals

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  • Date: Wednesday, 8 May 2013
  • Professor Michael Danson
  • University of Bath
  • Download Report: 2013-05-08-extremophiles.pdf

Modelling Networks: The British Railway System 1845-2012

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  • Date: Wednesday, 10 Apr 2013
  • Professor Mark Casson
  • Director of Reading University’s Centre for Institutional Planning
  • Download Report: 2013-04-10-railway-network.pdf

Aerosols - The X-Factor?

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  • Date: Wednesday, 13 Mar 2013
  • Professor Jonathan Reid
  • Bristol University Chemistry Department
  • Download Report: 2013-03-13-aerosols.pdf

Nuclear Fusion Potential & Present Status

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  • Date: Wednesday, 13 Feb 2013
  • Mr Chris Warrick
  • UKAEA Culham Centre for Fusion energy
  • Download Report: 2013-02-13-nuclear-fusion.pdf

Green (and Brown and Red) Prospects for Algal Biofuels

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  • Date: Wednesday, 9 Jan 2013
  • Professor Alison Smith
  • Cambridge University
  • Download Report: 2013-01-09-algal-biofuels.pdf
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