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Past
Lectures
September 2005-May 2006
The Hamilton
Spectator, in partnership with McMaster University, is sponsoring
the Science in the City Lecture Series, an opportunity for the
community to come out and hear what some of our fine minds are
doing in engineering, science, health sciences, social sciences
and humanities.
To reserve your seat:
e-mail sciencecity@mcmaster.ca
or call
905-525-9140 extension 24934
The Hamilton Spectator Auditorium is located in the Hamilton Spectator
at 44 Frid Street, south of Main St. W., west of Dundurn St.
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September27 2005
If I only had a heart: engineering living tissues
Professor
Kim Jones, Assistant Professor,
Departments of Chemical Engineering
LECTURE
ABSTRACT
Read Prof. Jones' Interview with the Spec
October 12 2005
A special lecture of interest to our
Science in the City audience:
The
Inaugural Brockhouse Lecture
November 15 2005
From pathogen to pandemic: how science is responding
to infectious threats.
Professors
Hendrik Poinar, Jonathan Bramson and Dr. Mark Loeb
LECTURE
ABSTRACT
Read
the panel's interview with The Spec
***Special Guest Lecture***
November 30 Jay Ingram,
Theatre of the Mind: The Science of Consciousness
Lecture
Abstract
December
6 2005
Cliff Burgess, Professor, Department
of Physics and Astronomy, String Theory:
Quantum Mechanics and Gravity -- the Start of a Beautiful
Relationship?
Lecture
Abstract
February 14 2006
Bruce Newbold, Associate
Professor, Department of Geography & Geology, Health
Hamilton?: Checking up on the city's health
Lecture
Abstract
Read
Prof. Newbold's Interview with the Spec
March 14
2006
Geoffrey Rockwell, Associate professor
of Humanities Computing and Multimedia, Too Much
to Read: Coping with information overload
Lecture
Abstract
Read
Prof. Rockwell's Interview with the Spec
April 11
2006
Miroslav Lovric, Associate professor,
Department of Mathematics and Statitistics, Life's
too short for long division
Lecture
Abstract
Read
Prof. Lovric's Interview with the Spec
May 9 2006
Warren Foster, Professor and Director
of the Centre for Reproductive Care and the Reproductive
Biology Division in the Department of Obstetrics and
Gynecology , Hormone Mimics and Human Health
Lecture
Abstract
Read
Prof. Foster's Interview with the Spec
Past
Lectures from our series
(January - June 2003)
Past Lectures from our series
(September 2003 - May 2004)
Past
Lectures from our series
(September 2004 - May 2005)
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