2009 Public lectures at Burlington House
| Date | Title | Organiser |
| 10 December 2009 |
Embryonic stem cells
Sir Martin Evans |
Linnean Society |
| 9 December 2009 |
The sameness of rocks, the uniqueness of earth
history, and what all that means for hydrocarbon
exploration
Bruce Levell |
Geological Society |
| 2 December 2009 |
The 250th Anniversary of the Birth of James
Edward Smith
Sandra Knapp |
Linnean Society |
| 11 November 2009 |
Mountains in the sea
Tony Watts |
Geological Society |
| 5 November 2009 |
The Poetry of Science: creative writing and the
artistic naturalist
Kelley Swain |
Linnean Society |
| 26 October 2009 |
The New World of Galileo
William Shea |
Burlington House Societies |
| 7 October 2009 |
Perturbing plankton in the sea: past and
future
Rosalind Rickaby |
Geological Society |
| 17 September 2009 |
The "irritable power" of carnivorous plants: Mary
Treat, Charles Darwin, and the Language of Flowers
Dawn Sanders and Tina Gianquitto |
Linnean Society |
| 9 September 2009 |
The fossil record since Darwin
Richard Fortey |
Geological Society |
| 3 September 2009 |
The mirabilis experience - 150 years after
Welwitschia's discovery
Sara Albuquerque |
Linnean Society |
| 18 June 2009 |
Forensic ecology - its contribution to criminal
investigation
Patricia Wiltshire |
Linnean Society |
| 18 June 2009 |
The Stonehenge Riverside Project
Michael Parker Pearson |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 11 June 2009 |
The House of Lords Science and Technology
Committee Reports on Systematics and Taxonomy
The Earl of Selborne |
Linnean Society |
| 11 June 2009 |
The Sir Percival David Collection in the Sir
Joseph Hotung Centre for Chinese Ceramics
Jessica Harrison-Hall |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 10 June 2009 |
The life and death of coral reefs
Rachel Wood |
Geological Society |
| 9 June 2009 |
The science and beauty of nebulae
Carolin Crawford |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 21 May 2009 |
Remembering Charlemagne's Pope: Alcuin's epitaph
for Hadrian I in Old St Peter's
Joanna Story |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 14 May 2009 |
Bringing the Past Alive: treasures of the
Fellows' Library, Dulwich College
Robert Weaver |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 13 May 2009 |
How do we know how old the Earth and planets
are?
Randy Parrish |
Geological Society |
| 12 May 2009 |
Afar, Ethiopia: a new ocean in the making?
Kathy Whaler |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 6 May 2009 |
Two Hundred Years of Evolution: Celebrating
Charles Darwin in 2009
Janet Browne |
Burlington House Societies |
| 30 April 2009 |
The Great Ape Debate
David Chivers and John A. Burton, chaired by the Earl of Cranbrook |
Linnean Society |
| 30 April 2009 |
John Gower and London
John Hines |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 16 April 2009 |
Biodiversity in a Changing World
John Beddington |
Linnean Society |
| 14 April 2009 |
Imaging the Universe
Robert Massey |
Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1 April 2009 |
Fuelling the Future: Energy Questions Driving a
New Geoscience
Dirk Smit |
Geological Society |
| 19 March 2009 |
Medievalism and the Grand Tour
Rosemary Sweet |
Society of Antiquaries |
| 19 March 2009 |
Darwin's 'Sacred Cause'
James Moore |
Linnean Society |
