Talks and seminars by William Tobin

Talks and seminars by William Tobin

Revised: 2013 July 15

Talks and seminars by William Tobin

Forthcoming

Past

2014 April 15 (Tuesday) 20:30 Les passages de Vénus : le Soleil, la mer et l'amour (Conférénce grand public) Auditorium Marion Dufresne, Océanopolis, Brest.

2014 April 16 (Wednesday) 14:00 Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière Amphithéâtre Vauban, Pôle Kerichen-Vauban, Brest.

2014 April 16 (Wednesday) 18:00 Léon Foucault : sa pensée scientifique et sa personnalité Café scientifique, Librairie Dialogues, Brest.

2013 November 9 (Saturday) 15:00 Transits of Venus: Sun, Sea and Sex Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů Prague, Czech Republic.

2013 March 14 (Thursday) 20:00 Le pendule de Foucault (Conférénce grand public) Centre culturel Grain de sel, Séné, France.

2012 December 13 (Thursday) 14:30 Les passages de Vénus devant le Soleil Université Tous Ages, Vannes, France.

2012 September 14 (Friday) 21:00 La folie du pendule de Foucault (Conférénce grand public) Basilique Sainte Trinité, Cherbourg, France.

2012 September 14 (Friday) 14:00 La physique du pendule de Foucault (Conférénce pour lycéens et étudiants) Basilique Sainte Trinité, Cherbourg, France.

2012 June 22 18:00 (Friday) Images of the 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to the Auckland Islands Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia. (Presence in Australia thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 20 11:30 (Wednesday) The first accurate laboratory measurement of the speed of light Department of Physics, University of Auckland, New Zealand. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 17 9:40 (Sunday) The Transit of Venus as a Muse Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Carterton Event Centre, Carterton. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 16 11:00 (Saturday) Snaps of the German Transit of Venus expedition to Auckland Island in 1874 Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Carterton Event Centre, Carterton. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 11 16:20 (Monday) The Transit of Venus as a Muse Third International Starlight Conference, Godley Hotel, Lake Tekapo. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 8 11:30 (Friday) The 243rd anniversary of Captain Cook's observation of the transit of Venus Industrial Research Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 7 19:00 (Thursday) The transit of Venus Soundings Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.

2012 June 6 12:00 (Wednesday) Day in a lifetime Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 2 9:00 (Saturday) The Transit of Venus 36-minute interview with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand's Saturday morning programme. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa) Downloadable podcast.

2012 May 31 21:34 (Saturday) Transit of Venus 12-minute interview with Vernika Meduna on Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World programme. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa) Downloadable podcast.

2012 May 18 11:00 (Friday) The 243rd anniversary of Captain Cook's observation of the transit of Venus Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 May 4 20:30 (Friday) Léon Foucault, le télescope astronomique et Marseille Association Andromède, Plateau Longchamp, Marseille, France.

2011 January 13 17:30 (Thursday) Léon Foucault's pendulum and gyroscope Deutsches SOFIA Institut, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

2011 January 12 17:30 (Wednesday) Léon Foucault, an `amateur of science' Abteilung für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

2010 November 12 13:45 (Friday) The Speed of Light and the Distance to the Sun Alleyn's School, Dulwich, UK

2009 March 20 18:00 (Friday) Quelques mots sur l'Année Mondiale de l'Astronomie 2009 Musée de La Cohue, au vernissage de l'exposition Inven'Terre, Vannes, France. (Année mondiale de l'astronomie)

2009 March 3 10:45 (Tuesday) « Facebook Friends » avec les étoiles Amphithéâtre du diapason, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, Rennes, France. (Année mondiale de l'astronomie)

2008 November 18 12:45 (Tuesday) Le pendule de Foucault Université d'Orsay, France. (Fête de la science)

2008 April 8 19:30 (Tuesday) Foucault's Pendulum: what makes it tick? Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, U.S.A. (Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 April 3 20:30 (Thursday) Cosmic whirlpools - from the Bronze Age to the Glass Age and the Internet Wellington Astronomical Society & Alliance française, Wellington, New Zealand. (Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 March 28 11:00 Thursday The advantages of rejection Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Abstract (pdf). (Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 March 26 19:30 Tuesday Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science' Canterbury History and Philosophy of Science Society & Royal Society (Canterbury Branch), Christchurch, New Zealand. (Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2006 August 4 11:15 Friday Foucault's Pendulum CICATA Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico. (SKYPE and PowerPoint tele-colloquium) First 6 slides (*.pdf).

2006 June 21 14:45 Wednesday Discours impromptu sur deux instruments de Foucault qui se trouvent dans la collection de l'Université de Rennes-I Bâtiment 6, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes, France. Photo (jpeg).

2006 May 2 17:00 Tuesday Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science' History of Science & Technology Seminar Room, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, UK.

2005 November 30 17:30 Wednesday Léon Foucault Amphithéâtre C, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes, France.

2005 October 11 12:15 & 13:15 Tuesday Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière Le gyroscope : de Foucault à Gravity Probe B Lycée Marcelin Berthelot, St-Maur des Fossés, France.

2005 June 30 14:40 Thursday The gyroscope: from Foucault to Gravity Probe B Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2005 June 25 09:20 Saturday From Foucault's gyroscope to Gravity Probe B Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand. Summary (pdf file).

2005 June 20 19:00 Monday Probing the fabric of space: From Foucault's pendulum to the Gravity Probe B satellite UC Opportunity (formerly Continuing Education), University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 May 20 11:00 Friday Don't ever write a book, but if you must, don't even dream of getting it published! P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 April 22 11:00 Friday The gyroscope: From Foucault to Gravity Probe B P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 April 9 14:04 Saturday (repeated April 11 20:06 Monday) 12-minute interview with Veronika Meduna on Radio New Zealand's Eureka! programme.

2005 April 8 16:15 Friday Foucault's gyroscope of 1852 Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, USA.

2004 December 6 16:00 Friday Foucault's spinning mirror and the distance to the Sun Royal Astronomial Society Monthly Meeting, Burlington House, London, UK. A report of this talk appears in The Observatory v.125, 131-133 (2005 June).

2004 October 17 15:30 Saturday La folie du pendule et du gyroscope Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, as part of the Fête de la Science 2004.

2004 June 21 14:00 Monday Léon Foucault: un « amateur de la science » Bâtiment 338, Université d'Orsay, France.

2004 June 8 Tuesday « Des appareils mécaniquement plus parfaits » — autres moyens pour déterminer la distance du Soleil Amphithéâtre Weil, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, as part of the public outreach surrounding the Transit of Venus.

2004 May 7 18:15 Friday Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière Bâtiment des Sciences, Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg.

2004 May 6 18:15 Thursday Le pendule et le gyroscope de Foucault Bâtiment des Sciences, Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg.

2004 March 31 20:00 Wednesday Léon Foucault and the Speed of Light Meeting of the Royal Society of New Zealand Canterbury Branch, Lecture Theatre E1, University of Canterbury.

2004 January 6 19:30 Tuesday Léon Foucault et le Soleil Monthly public lecture at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France.

2003 November 20 14:30 Léon Foucault: un « amateur de la science » Université Tous Ages, Vannes, France.

2003 September 29 16:00 Monday Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK.

2003 September 16 12:30 Tuesday Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science' Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

2003 May 15 14:00 Thursday Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope, Paranal, Chile.

2003 April 30 16:30 Wednesday Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope European Southern Observatory Headquarters, Santiago de Chile.

2002 December 11 14:00 Wednesday Léon Foucault (1819-1868) Observatoire de Paris, France.

2002 October 5 11:00 Saturday The Foucault 80-cm Telescope Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France (The Marseilles Observatory Tercentenary Conference).

2001 October 1 14:00 Monday 150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum Department of Physics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

2001 July 150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

2001 June 8 11:00 Friday 150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1999 May 7 13:00 One of the most beautiful experiments in the history of mankind Room 311, Department of History, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1996 March 1 11:00 Friday Toothed wheels and rotating mirrors Room 701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1986 June 26 11:00 Le grand télescope de Foucault à l'Observatoire de Marseille Observatoire de Marseille, France.

2014 April 15 (Tuesday) 20:30
Les passages de Vénus : le Soleil, la mer et l'amour
(Conférénce grand public)
Auditorium Marion Dufresne, Océanopolis, Brest.

2014 April 16 (Wednesday) 14:00
Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière
Amphithéâtre Vauban,
Pôle Kerichen-Vauban, Brest.

2014 April 16 (Wednesday) 18:00
Léon Foucault : sa pensée scientifique et sa personnalité
Café scientifique, Librairie Dialogues, Brest.

2013 November 9 (Saturday) 15:00
Transits of Venus: Sun, Sea and Sex
Jednota tlumočníků a překladatelů
Prague, Czech Republic.

2013 March 14 (Thursday) 20:00
Le pendule de Foucault
(Conférénce grand public)
Centre culturel Grain de sel, Séné, France.

2012 December 13 (Thursday) 14:30
Les passages de Vénus devant le Soleil
Université Tous Ages, Vannes, France.

2012 September 14 (Friday) 21:00
La folie du pendule de Foucault
(Conférénce grand public)
Basilique Sainte Trinité, Cherbourg, France.

2012 September 14 (Friday) 14:00
La physique du pendule de Foucault
(Conférénce pour lycéens et étudiants)
Basilique Sainte Trinité, Cherbourg, France.

2012 June 22 18:00 (Friday)
Images of the 1874 Transit of Venus expedition to the Auckland Islands
Village Roadshow Theatrette, State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia.
(Presence in Australia thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 20 11:30 (Wednesday)
The first accurate laboratory measurement of the speed of light
Department of Physics, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 17 9:40 (Sunday)
The Transit of Venus as a Muse
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Carterton Event Centre, Carterton.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 16 11:00 (Saturday)
Snaps of the German Transit of Venus expedition to Auckland Island in 1874
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Carterton Event Centre, Carterton.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 11 16:20 (Monday)
The Transit of Venus as a Muse
Third International Starlight Conference, Godley Hotel, Lake Tekapo.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 8 11:30 (Friday)
The 243rd anniversary of Captain Cook's observation of the transit of Venus
Industrial Research Limited, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 7 19:00 (Thursday)
The transit of Venus
Soundings Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington, New Zealand.

2012 June 6 12:00 (Wednesday)
Day in a lifetime
Adam Art Gallery Te Pātaka Toi, Wellington, New Zealand.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 June 2 9:00 (Saturday)
The Transit of Venus
36-minute interview with Kim Hill on Radio New Zealand's Saturday morning programme.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)
Downloadable podcast.

2012 May 31 21:34 (Saturday)
Transit of Venus
12-minute interview with Vernika Meduna on Radio New Zealand's Our Changing World programme.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)
Downloadable podcast.

2012 May 18 11:00 (Friday)
The 243rd anniversary of Captain Cook's observation of the transit of Venus
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
(Presence in New Zealand thanks to The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa)

2012 May 4 20:30 (Friday)
Léon Foucault, le télescope astronomique et Marseille
Association Andromède, Plateau Longchamp, Marseille, France.

2011 January 13 17:30 (Thursday)
Léon Foucault's pendulum and gyroscope
Deutsches SOFIA Institut, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

2011 January 12 17:30 (Wednesday)
Léon Foucault, an `amateur of science'
Abteilung für Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften und Technik, University of Stuttgart, Germany.

2010 November 12 13:45 (Friday)
The Speed of Light and the Distance to the Sun
Alleyn's School, Dulwich, UK

2009 March 20 18:00 (Friday)
Quelques mots sur l'Année Mondiale de l'Astronomie 2009
Musée de La Cohue, au vernissage de l'exposition Inven'Terre, Vannes, France.
(Année mondiale de l'astronomie)

2009 March 3 10:45 (Tuesday)
« Facebook Friends » avec les étoiles
Amphithéâtre du diapason, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, 263 Avenue du Général Leclerc, Rennes, France.
(Année mondiale de l'astronomie)

2008 November 18 12:45 (Tuesday)
Le pendule de Foucault
Université d'Orsay, France.
(Fête de la science)

2008 April 8 19:30 (Tuesday)
Foucault's Pendulum: what makes it tick?
Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
(Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 April 3 20:30 (Thursday)
Cosmic whirlpools - from the Bronze Age to the Glass Age and the Internet
Wellington Astronomical Society & Alliance française, Wellington, New Zealand.
(Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 March 28 11:00 Thursday
The advantages of rejection
Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Abstract (pdf).
(Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2008 March 26 19:30 Tuesday
Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science'
Canterbury History and Philosophy of Science Society & Royal Society (Canterbury Branch), Christchurch, New Zealand.
(Talk sponsored by the University of Canterbury's Erskine Fund.)

2006 August 4 11:15 Friday
Foucault's Pendulum
CICATA Unidad Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
(SKYPE and PowerPoint tele-colloquium) First 6 slides (*.pdf).

2006 June 21 14:45 Wednesday
Discours impromptu sur deux instruments de Foucault qui se trouvent dans la collection de l'Université de Rennes-I
Bâtiment 6, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes, France. Photo (jpeg).

2006 May 2 17:00 Tuesday
Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science'
History of Science & Technology Seminar Room, Faculty of History, University of Oxford, UK.

2005 November 30 17:30 Wednesday
Léon Foucault
Amphithéâtre C, Campus de Beaulieu, Université de Rennes-I, Avenue Général Leclerc, Rennes, France.

2005 October 11 12:15 & 13:15 Tuesday
Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière
Le gyroscope : de Foucault à Gravity Probe B
Lycée Marcelin Berthelot, St-Maur des Fossés, France.

2005 June 30 14:40 Thursday
The gyroscope: from Foucault to Gravity Probe B
Christ's College, Christchurch, New Zealand.

2005 June 25 09:20 Saturday
From Foucault's gyroscope to Gravity Probe B
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand. Summary (pdf file).

2005 June 20 19:00 Monday
Probing the fabric of space: From Foucault's pendulum to the Gravity Probe B satellite
UC Opportunity (formerly Continuing Education), University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 May 20 11:00 Friday
Don't ever write a book, but if you must, don't even dream of getting it published!
P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 April 22 11:00 Friday
The gyroscope: From Foucault to Gravity Probe B
P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

2005 April 9 14:04 Saturday (repeated April 11 20:06 Monday)
12-minute interview with Veronika Meduna on Radio New Zealand's Eureka! programme.

2005 April 8 16:15 Friday
Foucault's gyroscope of 1852
Hansen Experimental Physics Laboratory, Stanford University, USA.

2004 December 6 16:00 Friday
Foucault's spinning mirror and the distance to the Sun
Royal Astronomial Society Monthly Meeting, Burlington House, London, UK.
A report of this talk appears in The Observatory v.125, 131-133 (2005 June).

2004 October 17 15:30 Saturday
La folie du pendule et du gyroscope
Musée des Arts et Métiers, Paris, as part of the Fête de la Science 2004.

2004 June 21 14:00 Monday
Léon Foucault: un « amateur de la science »
Bâtiment 338, Université d'Orsay, France.

2004 June 8 Tuesday
« Des appareils mécaniquement plus parfaits » — autres moyens pour déterminer la distance du Soleil
Amphithéâtre Weil, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, as part of the public outreach surrounding the Transit of Venus.

2004 May 7 18:15 Friday
Léon Foucault et la vitesse de la lumière
Bâtiment des Sciences, Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg.

2004 May 6 18:15 Thursday
Le pendule et le gyroscope de Foucault
Bâtiment des Sciences, Campus Limpertsberg, Université du Luxembourg.

2004 March 31 20:00 Wednesday
Léon Foucault and the Speed of Light
Meeting of the Royal Society of New Zealand Canterbury Branch, Lecture Theatre E1, University of Canterbury.

2004 January 6 19:30 Tuesday
Léon Foucault et le Soleil
Monthly public lecture at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France.

2003 November 20 14:30
Léon Foucault: un « amateur de la science »
Université Tous Ages, Vannes, France.

2003 September 29 16:00 Monday
Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK.

2003 September 16 12:30 Tuesday
Léon Foucault: an 'amateur of science'
Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

2003 May 15 14:00 Thursday
Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope
European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope, Paranal, Chile.

2003 April 30 16:30 Wednesday
Léon Foucault's invention of the modern reflecting telescope
European Southern Observatory Headquarters, Santiago de Chile.

2002 December 11 14:00 Wednesday
Léon Foucault (1819-1868)
Observatoire de Paris, France.

2002 October 5 11:00 Saturday
The Foucault 80-cm Telescope
Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Palais Longchamp, Marseille, France (The Marseilles Observatory Tercentenary Conference).

2001 October 1 14:00 Monday
150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum
Department of Physics, University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.

2001 July
150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand.

2001 June 8 11:00 Friday
150th anniversary of Foucault's Pendulum
P701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1999 May 7 13:00
One of the most beautiful experiments in the history of mankind
Room 311, Department of History, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1996 March 1 11:00 Friday
Toothed wheels and rotating mirrors
Room 701, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

1986 June 26 11:00
Le grand télescope de Foucault à l'Observatoire de Marseille
Observatoire de Marseille, France.