SHS presents: The Science of Miracles & the Miracle of Science. 10 Nov

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Sheffield Humanist Society presents:

 

The Science of Miracles and the Miracles of Science, by Dr. Richard Taylor.

Date: 10th November 2015

Time: 20:00 (please feel free to turn up early to socialise)

Venue: Quaker Meeting House, 10 St. James Street, Sheffield. S1 2EW.

 

 

All religions claim to have miraculous events in their history. Whether it’s walking on water or riding a flying horse, the unbelievable is used as evidence for belief. However, have we done better? Is Science more miraculous and inherently more believable than these tales? Dr Richard Taylor thinks so and, on the evening of November 10th, he will taking down some miracles of faith and show you some miracles of science

 

Our speaker for November is Dr Richard Taylor, Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield. He finished his PhD with the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in December 2014, which was entitled ‘Design of Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers and the Realisation of Coherently Coupled Arrays’, which also formed the basis of a patent.

 

In 2014, he was awarded:

 

Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) Postgraduate Scholarship Award 2014

Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Prize 2014

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Summer fellowship 2014

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Bridge fellowship 2015

 

He was also awarded the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Post-doctoral fellowship University of Tokyo, which he will be starting in 2016

 

The meeting is free to attend, although we do ask for a suggested donation of £3.

 

The Quaker meeting house is next to Sheffield Cathedral, and is on both tram and bus routes.

 

There will be an opportunity to socialise after the event, details to be confirmed.

We look forward to seeing you all there.

 

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