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Royal Society Lecture

The Lisbon Catastrophe
Friday 31 October 2008 at 1:00pm
The Royal Society Library Quiet Room
Edward Paice, author of Wrath of God: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

The Lisbon earthquake, which took place on the morning of 1 November 1755, was Europe's greatest natural disaster. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami and fire, destroying much of Lisbon. This talk will reconstruct events of the day with the assistance of Royal Society archive material.

Lectures are free, but space is limited and registration is required.

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December

Touchdown on Titan
Monday 3 December at 6.30pm
The Royal Society

Professor John Zarnecki, Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space & Astronomical Research (CEPSAR)

Seats will be aloocated on a first-come-first-served basis, doors open at 5.45pm

Decoding consciousness - Francis Crick Prize Lecture
Wednesday 5 December at 6.30pm
The Royal Society

Professor Geraint Rees MRCP PhD, Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London

Seats will be aloocated on a first-come-first-served basis, doors open at 5.45pm. 

January

The science of the Arabs - Michael Farady Prize Lecture
Wednesday 30 January at 5.30pm
The Royal Society

Professor Jim Al-Khalili

Seats will be aloocated on a first-come-first-served basis, doors open at 4.45pm


These lectures are FREE. No advance booking or registration required. These events will be webcast live at www.royalsoc.ac.uk/live/



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Free Earth observation data on a global scale: A view from Brasil

By Gilberto Cāmara, General Director, National Institute for Space Research , Brazil.
Organised in partnership with FCO/DIUS.

Thursday 25 October at 6.30pm
The Royal Society

This lecture is FREE. No advance booking or registration required..


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