10th May - Stars

We begin our exploration of the fairy-tales of science by travelling to the stars. All of this week's readings are available online at the links below. We meet from 7.30-9pm in the Skillicorn Room at Homerton College: this is in the Ibberson Building on this map. I will be at the porter's lodge at 7.20 should anyone prefer to meet there instead. All welcome!

General Introductory Reading

Arabella Buckley, The Fairyland of Science (1879), lecture 1.

Readings for 10^th May

‘A Flight Through Space’, John Cargill Brough, The Fairy-Tales of Science (1859).

‘Training the Pole-Star’, and ‘The Tail of a Comet’, Elizabeth W. Champney, In the Sky-Garden (1877).

‘Sunbeams and the work they do’, Arabella Buckley, The Fairyland of Science (1879), lecture 2.

‘The Magician’s Chamber by Moonlight’, Arabella Buckley, Through Magic Glasses (1890).