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Courses - Each course is 8 to 12 hours duration. Courses are suitable for 'inquisitive' laymen with no serious science background. The courses are designed for outreach activity, non-mathematical and have been given in East Kilbride (Scotland) and other venues.
Please click on a course to start:
Albert Einstein and his Theories of Relativity
Medical Imaging
Great Scottish Inventors - James Watt, Lord Kelvin, Alexander Fleming, Alexander Graham Bell, James Clerk Maxwell
Nano Technology
Nuclear Weapons - The story of the Atomic Bomb
Age of the Earth & Milky Way
(Radio-isotope Dating)
Great Scottish Inventors - James Watt, Lord Kelvin, Alexander Fleming, Alexander Graham Bell, James Clerk Maxwell
Nano Technology
Nuclear Weapons - The story of the Atomic Bomb
Age of the Earth & Milky Way
(Radio-isotope Dating)
Suitable for non-specialists
Physics of Humidity, Relative Humidity, Health Implications of Low or High Humidity
The Science of Hypothermia, Windchill, Frostbite
The Science of Heatstrokes (Hyperthermia) - ...
Heat given off by a human body is about 100 Watt
Galileo Galilei - Family Tree, Friends and Foes
Energy from ThoriumDisruption of Fossil Fuels by Renewable Energy will Mitigate the Most Severe Effects of Climate Change - Talk at Glasgow University
Physics of Rainbows; Moonbows; Fogbows - All You Need to Know -
an Outreach Feature for the Community
Arctic Ocean - Soaring Temp., Loss of Ice Cover - How Much and Why? What is the Future? A Community Education Feature
The Third (+ Fourth ??) Industrial (Technological) Revolution; Globalization, Global Poverty and Inequality
Disruptive Innovation - Part 1 - Why it Succeeds?, How it Spreads?, S-Curve; Transport Infrastructures to Year 2000
Disruptive Innovation - Part 2 - Electric Vehicles shall Substitute the Current 'Not Fit For Purpose' Road Transport System
Mathematical derivation/description of the exponential (limitless growth) and
(the S-Curve) functions (resource limited growth)
Megatrends Driven by Exponentially Growing Technologies
The Uncanny Valley - Cognitive Dissonance and Meta-Communication
Will Future Water Crises Destroy Our Civilization? -
Probably Not - But Only if We Start Paying Attention Now...
Future of Food; How to feed 10 billion People?
There is Enough Food; Strong, Sensible Policies Required
Life on a Spherical, Rotating, Tilted Earth - Curved 2D Space - Fascinating Insights into Geometry, Climate, Weather, Seasons, Gravity ...
Parallax - Measuring Distances to Stars; Visual Depth Perception, View from Moving Trains; Locating Virtual Images
Space Colonization - A Realistic Assessment of the Current Status
Hype About Space Colonization - A community Outreach Talk
The Avian Egg - Marvel of Nature's Architecture -
How Eggs Scale with Bird Size - Adaptation to Different Environments
Lead Poisoning
Lead (Part 1): Clair Patterson - Determining an Age of the Earth and his Crusade to Remove Lead in the Environment
Lead (Part 2): Even at volumes 5000 times smaller than a pea, the metal lead is a potent poison
Letter Frequency in Spellings of Words and Numbers in the English Language
Math Puzzles - How logical approach makes them much more delicious
The Awesome Number 2 : Puzzles, Games, The Power of Doubling
Number Puzzles for Mental Arithmatic Enthusiasts
Why do we always see the same side of the Moon?...
Curious History of the Leap Year....
How much heat is given off by a human...
Common Sense and the Laws of Nature (Part 1)
Laws of Nature, Common Sense and Religion (Part 2)
On Microbial Antagonism, Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance
Magical Number 1001 - Maths Game to Wow
Another Step towards Achieving Artificial General Intelligence: AlphaGo triumphs over the World Champion of the Game GO
Future of Privacy - Threats to and Erosion of Privacy in the 21st Century (Part 2)
Optogenetics - Controlling Neurons with Light - a Way to Understand Brain Circuit Organisation?
Human DNA Radiation Tolerance is Increased by the
Unique Protein in Water Bears (Tardigrade)
Hi-Tech Wearable Clothing can Save Energy on Space Heating/Cooling
in the Winter/Summer: Personal Thermal Management
Older activity prior to 2012 is not listed here but may be accessed by going to the main page and selecting publications for the year
I am really interested to hear your views about matters relating to science.
Please feel free to contact me on ektalks@yahoo.co.uk
Please feel free to contact me on ektalks@yahoo.co.uk
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