09.00Welcome, introductionDr Claire Barlow09.15Historical context, bioProfessor Bruce Hunt (University of Texas)10.00The Mechanical Origins of Maxwell’s EquationsProfessor Malcolm Longair (Cavendish)10.45-11.00Introduction to Maxwell artefacts on display in LR4 11.00Tea/coffee in LR4 11.30Colour visionProfessor John Mollon (Psychology)12.15Quantum opticsProfessor Peter Knight(Imperial College)13.00-14.00Lunch in LR4 14.00Structural designProfessor Bill Baker (Cambridge University Honorary Professor of Structural Engineering), Professor Allan McRobie (Engineering)14.45Control systems and the origin of cyberneticsProfessor Rodolphe Sepulchre (Engineering)15.30Tea/coffee in LR4 16.00Stability of Saturn’s rings: planet formation, exoplanetsProfessor Gordon Ogilvie (DAMTP)16.45Thermodynamics (Maxwell's demon)Professor John Ellis (Cavendish)17.30Closing remarksDr Claire Barlow
09.00
Welcome, introduction
Dr Claire Barlow
09.15
Historical context, bio
Professor Bruce Hunt (University of Texas)
10.00
The Mechanical Origins of Maxwell’s Equations
Professor Malcolm Longair (Cavendish)
10.45-11.00
Introduction to Maxwell artefacts on display in LR4
11.00
Tea/coffee in LR4
11.30
Colour vision
Professor John Mollon (Psychology)
12.15
Quantum optics
Professor Peter Knight
(Imperial College)
13.00-14.00
Lunch in LR4
14.00
Structural design
Professor Bill Baker (Cambridge University Honorary Professor of Structural Engineering), Professor Allan McRobie (Engineering)
14.45
Control systems and the origin of cybernetics
Professor Rodolphe Sepulchre (Engineering)
15.30
16.00
Stability of Saturn’s rings: planet formation, exoplanets
Professor Gordon Ogilvie (DAMTP)
16.45
Thermodynamics (Maxwell's demon)
Professor John Ellis (Cavendish)
17.30
Closing remarks
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