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When:
March 22, 2014 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
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Where:
Ashmolean Museum
Ashmolean Museum
University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Ashmolean Museum
University of Oxford, Beaumont Street, Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2PH
UK
Cost:
Free
Contact:
National Science and Engineering Week Lecture
Science and the Violin
With Ben Hebbert, University of Oxford
Saturday 22 March 2–3pm
Ashmolean Headley Lecture Theatre
Violin expert, Ben Hebbert, talks about the instrument which has withstood five centuries of increasingly sophisticated use, without undergoing any significant changes to its design. He explores the advantages and drawbacks of the design and discusses how a scientifically optimal form came to exist in the absence of modern engineering and asks if the violin needs to change in the centuries to come.
Free, no booking required.