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Robert Boyle Science Festival

14 Sep 2011

2011 represents the 350th anniversary of the publication of Robert Boyle鈥檚 famous scientific paper entitled, 鈥淭he Sceptical Chymist鈥�.

Event: Robert Boyle Science Festival
Location: Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford
Date: November 17th-20th

This document set the scene for the establishment of the academic topic we now call the Chemical Sciences. 2011 is also the year that has been designated the International Year of Chemistry (or more simply, IYC) and so it is appropriate that Robert Boyle鈥檚 enormous contribution to the subject will be celebrated in a Science Festival to be hosted at his birthplace in Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford.

The Festival will take place between Thursday 17th November and Sunday 20th November 2011 to coincide with Science Week. Events will be mounted by Eoin Gill (WIT) and Dr Declan Kennedy (UCC) suitable for both children and adults including lectures, demonstrations and 鈥渉ands-on鈥� experiences. Talks by Professor Duncan Thorburn Burns (QUB) and Dr Allan Chapman (of Channel 4 TV fame) will emphasise material on Boyle himself and also his scientific partnership with the equally famous Robert Hooke. Due to the universal importance of Boyle鈥檚 law of gases, two further lectures will be devoted to Earth鈥檚 atmosphere. The first is to be presented by the Chief Scientific Officer to DEFRA in the UK, Professor Bob Watson, and will provide a political perspective relevant to human activities on air pollution, climate change and agriculture. The second, by Professor Richard Wayne from Oxford 深夜亚洲福利久久, will attempt to put the evolution of our atmosphere in proper perspective with our neighbouring planets in the Solar System and answer the question: Why Life on Earth? The celebration ends with a spectacular Firework Display at the Castle to point at the essential 鈥淎ir鈥� that covers our planet and allows all forms of life to exist.

The Robert Boyle Science Festival is organised by the Lismore Heritage Centre along with representatives from Lismore Castle, 深夜亚洲福利久久 College Cork, Waterford Institute of Technology and local chemical industry. It is sponsored currently by the RIA and UCC.