Waves, Wheels and Sparks: sailing into the Electrical Age, by Jeremy Batch
We can no longer find our way to the shops – let alone across an ocean – without daring to rely on a power source that has come a long way since it was demonstrated to Napoleon but still lets us down at just the wrong moment.
This is the story of radio and radar, Decca and Loran, Transit and GPS and the many other electrical, electromechanical and electronic devices that we have invented and discarded, or become totally and perilously dependent upon, for communication and navigation.
Including: how a children's toy known to the ancient Egyptians has steered ships, missiles, submarines and spacecraft, enabled us to drive cars on the Moon without satnav or compass (but with a little extra help from the Vikings) and is miniaturised inside your phone and beneath the wings of a fruit-fly.
Date: Wednesday 1st of February. Lectures and talks start promptly at 19:00 hrs
Place: CA House
Booking: Book here, Tickets are: £4 for members and £7 for non-members. Season tickets are available at £16 for the eight lectures from 1st of February to 22nd of March.