Breaking boundaries - University of Cambridge

Throughout the Festival
7.15pm – 10pm, 9 March (7.15pm – 7.45pm, Talk,
8pm – 10pm, Concert)
Discover The Planets
West Road Concert Hall, West Road
Learn all about the planets in one evening!
Dr Carolin Crawford from the Institute of
Astronomy and conductor Mark Austin will be in
conversation during a free pre-concert talk.
Followed by the Cambridge Graduate Orchestra
performing Holst’s The Planets accompanied by
eye-opening planetary projections.
Map: 50, Talk/Performance, Ages 12+, Pre book
visit: www.cambridgegraduateorchestra.com,
£10, £5 concessions. Special Festival offer: free
ticket for each under 18 accompanied by a
paying adult
7.30pm – 11pm, 9 March
BrightClub – breaking boundaries
The Portland Arms, Chesterton Road, CB4 3BA
Join academics from Cambridge and beyond for
a lighthearted look at their research. It’s a
comedy night with a difference and has some
special guests on the bill not to be missed.
Map: N/A, Performance, Ages 18+, Pre book tel:
07595 666459 or email:
andy@thinkoutreach.org, £7
1pm – 5pm, 10 March
Science while you shop
The Grafton Shopping Centre, CB1 1PS
The Cambridgeshire branch of the British
Science Association is holding an interactive
science busking event as part of National
Science and Engineering Week (9 – 18 March).
Map: N/A, Hands on, Drop in, All ages
8am – 5pm, 12 – 17, 19 – 24 March
Engineering as art
Michaelhouse Café, Trinity Street
From hidden engineering on the nano scale to
origami designs for engineering structures,
explore an exhibition of astounding
photographs taken by staff and students from
the Department of Engineering.
Map: 40, Exhibition, Drop in, All ages
9am – 5.30pm, 12 – 24 March
11am – 5pm, 18, 25 March
Charles Darwin Correspondence
Project
Cambridge University Press Shop, Trinity Street
A very small table-top display about the work of
the Darwin Correspondence Project, which has
its main office at Cambridge University Library.
The exhibit explains the scope of the Project and
is accompanied by copies of the volumes
published so far.
Map: 39, Exhibition, Drop in, Ages 8+
6pm – 7pm, 12 March
A mathematical look at the Olympics
Mill Lane Lecture Rooms, Mill Lane
To prepare competitors and spectators for
London 2012, Professor John Barrow casts a
mathematical eye over a wide range of Olympic
sporting events. A little elementary maths can
help us appreciate what is going on in a range of
running, swimming, jumping, throwing,
paddling, lifting, swinging and wheelchair racing
events. We will also examine some of the strange
scoring systems that sports employ.
Map: 27, Talk, Ages 14+
4 *Pre book visit: www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival or tel: 01223 766766
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ERIN ORE. THIN FILM SOLAR CELL