What’s on at the University of Bristol October 2011 Public events bristol.ac.uk/events Lecture Mon 24 October Lecture Thu 20 October Talk Tue 25 October Concert Wed 26 October PUBLIC EVENTS THURSDAY 13 OCTOBER 6 pm INAUGURAL LECTURE A thimble, a pimple, or an egg on legs? Working out how working memory works Psychologists assume that humans use working memory to carry out complex tasks, but what form does our working memory take and does it really do anything useful for us? In this talk Professor Jarrold will answer these questions, drawing particularly on research with children and with individuals with developmental conditions. Speaker Professor Chris Jarrold, School of Experimental Psychology Venue Wills Memorial Building, Queen’s Road, BS8 1RJ Admission Free, no booking required. For further information contact Nicola Fry tel: +44 (0)117 92 88515, email:
[email protected], web: bristol.ac.uk/pace/public-lectures/inaugural/2011/jarrold.html Organised by the Public and Ceremonial Events Office MONDAY 17 OCTOBER 6 pm TWILIGHT TALK Photography and the discovery of the universe In 2009 we celebrated the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s use of the telescope to usher in the era of modern astronomy. The second major revolution in our understanding the nature of the Universe came with the invention of photography in 1839. This enabled us to see the unseen and allowed astrophysics to flourish. Eventually it also allowed us to photograph the Universe in colour, revealing cosmic landscapes of surprising beauty and variety. This talk is a profusely illustrated, non- technical description of photographic developments to capture the universe and the interesting characters and unexpected ideas that were involved.