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Science

​The Group met on the third Wednesday of most months between 9.30 and 11.00 am in  the Holy Trinity Centre – click here to find this location. (then use your browser's back button to return to this page)
Meetings are in the lower classroom behind the Main Hall. We usually have a talk or presentation given by one of our members or visitors for about 45 minutes, followed by questions and discussion. If there is time, we have coffee and biscuits.
Science Group Programme for 2021
AT THE MOMENT ALL MEETINGS ARE CANCELLED
Then:
Watch this space for any arrangements for this and further meetings

Any ideas for future meetings are invited from members. Contact Ron to discuss.
We plan to structure many meetings around DVDs from TV or elsewhere.
Also a meeting to discuss books could still take place.

We do appreciate the commitment of all our speakers.  Presenting the talk could be a little daunting at first, although no-one expects the speaker to be a total expert.
Contributions from other members have often led to a lively discussion. It would be encouraging if more members could find the time to develop talks.​
The U3A Science group has a broad remit. As well as revisiting topics that people will have experienced at school or later in life, from a modern perspective, we also aim to keep abreast of recent subjects of contemporary interest. The tantalising possibilities of life on exoplanets or of satellite landings on comets or on the moons of the outer planets of the solar system, may be looked at. Closer to home, scientific issues here on Earth - for instance the problem of how to tackle drug resistant bacteria or the knotty concern facing us all with global warming - may be examples we consider.
The British Science Association has the objective of "Making science a fundamental part of culture and society"_
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 Other venues for science talks/lectures
        The Royal Institution in London
         The Royal Society in London
         Thomas Hardye School
                     Community Lectures

          Weymouth U3A Science Group
          MOOC courses and Future Learn from your home via a computer

The items in brown above should be links to the relevant web sites. If you click on them the site should open in a new window or tab.
More information is also available from the National U3A. You need to be a member to log in to some parts.​

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This page is updated by Doug dl@dorchesteru3a.org.uk for the Science Group on 23rd March 2021
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