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Wednesday 20th October 2010 Prof. Colin Pillinger has recently released his new book “My Life on Mars (The Beagle-2 Diaries)” documenting the story of Beagle-2. The boook is published by the British Interplanetary Society and available from most good book shops for about £20. Colin visited Papworth to speak to the Club about the Beagle-2 […]
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Tuesday 31st August 2010 Don’t forget that the first meeting of our Autumn schedule is tomorrow evening, Wednesday 1st September. Dr Andy Martin from the Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages at the University of Cambridge will present “Beware Invisible Cows”. He will talk about the Keck lab in Hawaii, LIGO (the Laser Interferometer Gravitational […]
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Wednesday 19th May 2010 Papworth were once again victorious in the Annual Astronomy Quiz, beating teams from Bedford, Sawtry and Nene Valley to retain the Admiral Smyth Trophy. Papworth were represented by Ed Zanders, Janet Vialls and Gordon Carter; Bedford by Dave Eagle, Darren Jehan and Gordon Waller; Sawtry by Rob, Andrew and Malcolm; and […]
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Tuesday 4th May 2010 Don’t forget that the May meeting is tomorrow evening, Wednesday 5th May. Professor Paul Murdin from the Institute of Astronomy will give a talk based on his latest book “Secrets of the Universe – how we discovered the cosmos” which was recently published by Thames and Hudson. As usual the meeting […]
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