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Lovell Lecture Series - 'Between Fire and Ice, the Earth’s Special Place'

The Lovell Telecope behind the Jodrell Bank Arboretum
Starts:19:00 23 Sep 2010
Ends:21:00 23 Sep 2010
What is it:Outdoor event
Organiser:Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre
How much:Ticket price: £7 per person
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Thursday 23rd September, gates open 7pm, lecture begins at 7.45pm See monster hurricanes, canyons and volcanoes, weird and wonderful moons, crashing comets and hear about the death of the dinosaurs in an illustrated tour of the solar system from the inferno at the heart of the Sun, to the frozen-air snows of the frigid moon Triton. In this talk, Professor Don Kurtz from the University of Central Lancashire will examine the vulnerability of the Earth as seen against the harsh reality of the rest of the solar system. Learn about global warming and the ultimate ‘heat death’ of the Earth. Admission by ticket only

Price: Ticket price: £7 per person

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