Back By Popular Demand!

[anarchist_nomad]

Guess I wasn't wrong in my assessment of how well my presentation as the Oxford University Astronomy Weekend went. This morning, I woke up to find an e-mail in my InBox from the organiser, which began:

Many thanks for the part you played in the successful astronomy weekend this year. I am receiving requests to invite you back for an unprecedented third time in a row – requests with which I am very happy to comply.

I cannot pretend that I am not pleased by the invitation... especially when one considers that some seriously big-name physicists and astronomers -- like Alan Watson, Sir Marin Rees, Roger Davies, etc. -- have lectured at this event over the past thirty-one years!

So..... I guess I know what I am doing for the third weekend in April next year! In 2010, the theme of the weekend will be "Advances in Astronomy", and I have been invited to speak on the topic of "Neutrino Astronomy," which I can (and will) quite happily do.

After that, I think I'm done. I have spoken about dark matter, I have spoken about cosmic rays, I will speak about neutrinos. That covers all three areas where I have done research! No matter how popular my next talk is, they cannot invite me back in 2011 -- I will have nothing left to speak about!

Comments

[anarchist-nomad.livejournal.com]

I would be more than happy to chat with you a bit sometime about particle astrophysics, hon! Maybe not at Starwood, when I like getting away from it all, but I will be in Michigan again later this year...

Also, don't underestimate the "Alex, did you know your shoes are on fire" type of speaking. It was both useful and amusing all at once! *grin*

[cjtremlett.livejournal.com]

But I would love to see the big presentation type of speech! *g* It's all cool, though.

The "Alex did you know your shoes are on fire" type of speaking is much easier to come by. Especially at Starwood!