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Warwick Arts Centre this Christmas
The Warwick Christmas Lectures are once again back at Warwick Arts Centre with fantastic new ideas, explosions, experiments and answers to questions taxing the University of Warwick’s finest minds. Tickets are still available for these spectacular session and are just £3.50 or free for schools (suitable for ages 8+).
Looking for something for the younger ones? Meet a wheeler-dealer Fox, an eccentric old Owl and a maraca-shaking, party mad Snake! Mouse can scare these hungry animals away with tall stories of the terrifying Gruffalo, but what happens when he comes face to face with the very creature he imagined…?
The Gruffalo is the perfect family treat with plenty of songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3+ and their grown-ups.
To find out more and to book tickets please visit the Warwick Arts Centre website.
The Christmas Lectures 2015:
Catastrophic Failure
with Steve Maggs (Warwick Manufacturing Group)
Tue 1 Dec 7pm
An exploration of science behind materials and their mechanical properties: why do different materials behave in different ways (providing an opportunity to smash a few things up on stage).
The Bruker Warwick Christmas Lecture: Biggest Bangs
with Andrew Levan (Physics)
Wed 2 Dec 7pm
Across our Universe, five stars explode every second. Join us to find out how they blow-up, how we see them, and why we are only alive because of them.
Give Me Strength
with Nick Barker (Chemistry)
Mon 7 Dec 1.15pm
In this lecture Nick Barker of the Chemistry Department will present the science behind some of the energy sources we take for granted in our everyday lives. It will contain practical demonstrations and a number of bad jokes.
Life Off Earth
with Kevin Moffat & Leanne Williams (Life Sciences)
Tue 8 Dec 7pm
Find out where we might find food and water as we journey through space. How we might protect ourselves and find oxygen. And answer the question, is there life out there?
The Bosch Automotive Warwick Christmas Lecture 2015: What Makes a Robot…a Robot?
with Claire Rocks (Computer Science) and Adrian Letchford (Warwick Business School)
Wed 9 Dec 7pm
Find out why robots are good at some things and bad at others, and how can we harness some of nature’s solutions to make even better robots.