Science Group
We meet on the 3rd Friday of each month from 10am to 11.50am in the Portland Room (main hall) at the John Godber Centre.
Group Leader David Rose
Treasurer Sue Tedstone
Refreshments Christine Berrill
Our members come from a range of backgrounds and no previous science/technology experience or qualifications are required. All are welcome.
We usually take a tea break about 10.55am to 11.10am
A wide spectrum of scientific topics and themes are covered, many of which are prompted by suggestions from members.
As well as revisiting topics that people will have experienced at school or later in life we also aim to keep abreast of recent subjects of contemporary interest.
We have the occasional guest presenter from outside the group but most sessions have contributions from volunteers within the membership.
There is usually one outside visit to a place of scientific or technological interest each year.
David Rose
Recent Posts
- An invitation to all members to join the Science Group Visit Friday May 15thThere are spaces available for non-science group members to join us on this visit. The venue is the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds, which is the UK’s largest independent medical museum, offering immersive galleries that trace the evolution of healthcare from Victorian street life to modern medical breakthroughs. A real highlight is “Disease Street”, …
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- ScienceOur January 16th meeting was mainly dedicated to medical developments since the Middle Ages and included an introduction by John Tedstone who talked about a recent visit to the medical history section at the very busy Science Museum in London. Next was me to talk about a famous early Doctor/Surgeon John of Arderne John of …
- Science GroupFor our final meeting of 2025 Bob McEwen had prepared a very interesting and varied quiz. Some of the questions were about the topics we covered this year, and some were based on the fiendish format of ‘Only Connect’ Another round was to add missing vowels to complete the names of well-known scientists. e.g. L_ …
- Science GroupIn part one we shared a presentation about medical advances during the 1950s. It is a time when many of us were growing up, and the decade marked major progress in individual medical interventions and in public health. To summarise some key advances. Jonas Salk’s injectable polio vaccine and Albert Sabin’s oral version dramatically reduced …
- Science GroupAt our meeting in October, group member Dr Jolanta Adamczewska gave a presentation about lubricants with a specific focus on petrochemicals. She explained that petrochemicals are chemical products derived primarily from oil, petroleum and, to a lesser extent, from natural gas. Petrochemicals are predominantly organic compounds, meaning they are composed mainly of carbon (C) and …
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