Public Lecture Series for IYA 2009
This lecturer series forms part of the Open Nights held at the SAAO Cape Town starting at 20:00.
An African Perspective
10 January | 324 years of stargazing: Astronomy at | Brian Warner (University of Cape Town) |
24 January | 324 years of stargazing: Astronomy at | Ian Glass (SAAO) |
14 February | A crocodile eats the Sun: Indigenous astronomy | Themba Matomela (Iziko Museums) |
28 February | A crocodile eats the Sun: Indigenous astronomy | Thebe Medupe (University of Cape Town) |
Where Are We from? Are We Alone? How Did the Universe Begin?
14 March | An expanding universe: Cosmology up to 1995 | George Ellis (University of Cape Town) |
28 March | An expanding universe: Cosmology up to 1995 | Chris Clarkson (University of Cape Town) |
11 April | We know that we know (almost) nothing: | Peter Dunsby (University of Cape Town) |
25 April | We know that we know (almost) nothing: | Bruce Bassett (University of Cape Town) |
9 May | Is there somebody out there? Exoplanets | John Menzies (SAAO) |
23 May | Is there somebody out there? Exoplanets | Rudi Kuhn (UCT/SAAO) |
Across the Universe
13 June | Black holes | Phil Charles (SAAO) |
27 June | Black holes | Marissa Kotze (UCT/SAAO) |
11 July | Life and death of stars | Patricia Whitelock (SAAO/UCT) |
25 July | Life and death of stars | Enrico Olivier (SAAO/UWC) |
8 August | A tour of our sensational Solar System | Amanda Gulbis (SAAO) |
22 August | A tour of our sensational Solar System | Amanda Gulbis (SAAO) |
12 September | The Milky Way and other galaxies | Benne Holwerda (UCT) |
26 September | The Milky Way and other galaxies: Cosmic Collisions | Petri Vaisanen (SAAO) |
How To Do Astronomy
10 October | The physics behind astrophysics | Kevin Govender (SAAO) |
24 October | The physics behind astrophysics | Nicola Loaring (SAAO) |
14 November | Decoding the cosmos: Telescopes around the | David Buckley (SAAO) |
28 November | Space science and technology - from astronomy | Peter Martinez (SAAO) |
The Road Ahead
12 December | The future of astronomy in South Africa | Renée Kraan-Korteweg (University of Cape Town) |
19 December | The future of astronomy in South Africa | Kurt van der Heyden (University of Cape Town) |
