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When:
November 14, 2014 @ 5:00 pm
2014-11-14T17:00:00+00:00
2014-11-14T18:30:00+00:00
Where:
Oxford Playhouse
11-12 Beaumont Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2LW
UK
11-12 Beaumont Street
Oxford, Oxfordshire OX1 2LW
UK
Cost:
£7/5
Contact:
Oxford Playhouse
01865 305 305
For this year’s Charles Simonyi Lecture we welcome David MacKay, acclaimed author of Sustainable Energy – Without The Hot Air. David will discuss how the laws of physics constrain our energy options, and will describe what happened when his reflections on energy arithmetic propelled him into a senior civil service role.
David MacKay is the Regius Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge. From 2009 to 2014, he served as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
He will be introduced by Marcus du Sautoy, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at University of Oxford.
Tickets £7 discounts £5