Video conference (Zoom) talks are free to all members, guests, visitors and students
Normal talks (with a speaker and members physically present) are free for WGCG members.
Non-member visitors and guests are welcome and for Church Hall talks, pay £2.00 per
Free for those in full-time education
Video conference (Zoom) talks are free to all members, guests, visitors and students.
In normal times, talks are held monthly from September to April.
Doors open at 7.00pm for coffee before a 7.30pm start at St Francis RC Church Hall, 110 Warwick Road, Kenilworth CV8 1HL.
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April 2021, Talk: ‘Henry Clifton Sorby – Sheffield’s Greatest Scientist’ by Noel Worley
When: 21st Apr 2021 7:30:pm.
Where: Online Via Zoom or YouTubeWhat to expect: This talk is to review his principle successes, to examine the circumstances surrounding Henry Clifton Sorby’s life in Sheffield between 1826 to his death in 1908; and to explain the key influences that led him along the path of scientific discovery. His greatest triumphs were undoubtedly in the development and application of microscopic techniques and he is regarded throughout the world as the father of petrography, metallography and sedimentology. He unleashed the power of the microscope in the investigation of meteorites and his work in this area has never been bettered. He was the first to use the microscope in forensic science and the first to study inclusions in crystals.