Richard Bower, one of the core research team members of the Ordered Universe project will be giving a lunchtime seminar today at the Durham University Institute of Advanced Study (1-2 pm in the Seminar Room) Richard is currently a Christopherson Knott Fellow at the Institute, and is exploring comparative cosmologies.
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THE Awards – and we got a certificate
So, after the razzmatazz, Jack Dee’s wonderful commentary and the bittersweet feelings for nomination but no prize (do you win silver, or lose gold? – obviously the taking part is all), Ordered Universe has a certificate to boot. The sin of pride aside, about which Grosseteste was especially concerned, it was an interesting and enjoyableContinue reading “THE Awards – and we got a certificate”
2014 in review…from wordpress
The WordPress.com stats people prepared a 2014 annual report for the Ordered Universe blog. Thanks to all for your support. Here’s looking to 2105! Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 15,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney OperaContinue reading “2014 in review…from wordpress”
Michael Brooks – At the Edge of Uncertainty: A Journey to the Wild Frontiers of Science
For those of you who were not able to be with us for Michael Brooks‘s fabulous lecture ‘At the Wild Frontiers of Science’, delivered as part of the Being Human Festival of Humanities, at Ushaw College on 19th November, we are delighted to present it here. It is a mind-stretching tour of questions for modernContinue reading “Michael Brooks – At the Edge of Uncertainty: A Journey to the Wild Frontiers of Science”
Ordered Universe Presents…
Ordered Universe presents the two, joint, public lectures from earlier this year at the Mahfouz Forum for Interdisciplinary Studies, Pembroke College, Oxford. After a lovely introduction from the Master, Dame Lynne Brindley, we gave two linked presentations. The first, involving Tom, Giles and Richard, ‘Forming the Body of the Cosmos: Robert Grosseteste’s ‘On Light’ focusedContinue reading “Ordered Universe Presents…”
A night to remember: THE Awards
We had a wonderful night at the THE Awards, a very exciting, glitzy event at the Grovesnor Hotel, with a fantastic number of shortlisted entrants in the 17 categories. So glitzy that the voiceover for the awards ceremony was provided by the man from X-Factor. The welcome speeches were made by the editor of theContinue reading “A night to remember: THE Awards”
Guardian Science – Article on Ordered Universe
As we wait for the Times Higher Education awards tonight, Michael Brooks has composed a lovely article on his experiences at the Ordered Universe Grosseteste Day during the Festival of Humanities, and of the work of the project, especially on the Rainbow.
THE Awards – tomorrow evening
Tomorrow is the last formal event from the Ordered Universe for 2014: and it has been a wonderful year. From the Durham workshop on the Rainbow, the sessions at the Medieval Congress in Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, to the International Grosseteste Society conference at Lincoln, the Mahfouz Forum for Interdisciplinarity on the Generation of Sounds,Continue reading “THE Awards – tomorrow evening”
ITV Tyne Tees – Being Human Festival and lessons from 13th Century Science
See Tom and Giles interviewed on ITV Tyne Tees before the Dark Ages to Dark Matter workshop. Many thanks indeed to Richard Wilson who made the feature, and to the Cathedral for letting us film. We find Grosseteste fascinating, and the response to the Festival a great confirmation that others do too. Click the imageContinue reading “ITV Tyne Tees – Being Human Festival and lessons from 13th Century Science”
The Medieval Cosmos – Visualising Grosseteste’s Universe
The Being Human Festival was the occasion for the first public showing of our visualisation of the medieval cosmos. Currently in a 2D format, a 3D version is under development.