Programme

Lyme Regis U3A Science & Technology Group is open to all members of Lyme Regis U3A.
​We meet ten times a year, each 3rd Friday except August and December, at the Woodmead Hall, 10:00 - 12:00
Talks are given by members on a huge range of topics in pure and applied sciences, engineering and medicine.

Programme 2019-20

Jan 18	Bob Speer - A Pound of Paper. Treasures from the Book World. With demos!
​Feb 15	Guy Hayden - Why can I still see when I'm 40? ... and other marvels of ophthalmology
​Mar 15	Sugendran Govender - The Future of Dentistry
​Apr 12	Steve Coles - Sleep
​May 17	Brian Young - Meteorology
Jun 21	John Marriage - Electrochemistry
Jul 19	Kevin Butcher (Weymouth U3A) - SONAR - SOFAR 50 years of UK sonar development
Sep 20	Paul Bridge - Why is Penicillin called Penicillin?
Oct 18	Ros Cole - Fungi ​- Rotters, little and large
Nov 15	Maurice Liddiard - Waterwheels + Fred Humphrey - Sundials
2020
Jan 17	Bob Speer ​- Solar Eclipses, 1850- 2500
Feb 21	​Colin Osborne - Bees
Mar 20	Steve Coles - Infections of the Respiratory Tract
Apr 17	Robin Brand (Weymouth U3A) - The Skylark Rocket
May 15	Hilary Naylor - Norman Lockyer
Jun 19	Prof. Chris Paul - Geological clocks
Jul 17
Sep 18	Dr Keith Jones - Invasive Aliens (Plants!)
Oct 16
Nov 20

Proposals - Dates to Fix
Steve Coles - The Relationship between Food and Health (based on scientific evidence, that is)
Tony Fitzpatrick – Oil ...
Nicola Tee - The Shore Wireless Service
Nicola Tee - Interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary, transdisciplinary
Gerald Clark / Nicola Tee – Nuclear Power, where do we go from here?
Bob Speer
- New discoveries in rare books
- The Sun, Our Nearest Star
​- G2V - adventures in Solar Physics
Eden Thomson
- Extinction
- Cryptozoology

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