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    The City of London – Culture, Creativity and the Culture Mile

    The 2020 Annual Lord Mayor’s Gresham event will explore the value of culture for The City of London. The City of London is not only a great place to do business but also has a rich and vibrant cultural offer making it a great place to live, learn, work and visit.

    Gardens of Empire: The Role of Kew and Colonial Botanic Gardens

    Sydney’s botanic garden, founded in the early nineteenth century, was expected to ship new plants 'home' to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from where they could be transplanted to other colonial gardens, to see if they could become valuable new crops to enrich the British Empire.

    The End of Matter?

    This talk will separate science fiction from science fact and elucidate what we know about these mysterious objects, and how they have shaped, and continue to shape, our Universe.

    The Origins of the Elements

    In this talk, Dr Wilkins will discuss the astrophysical origins of the chemical elements, almost all of which have an origin ranging from the big bang, to exploding white dwarfs, the collapse of massive stars, and the merger of ultra-compact objects, neutron stars.

    AI Weapons, War and Ethics

    This lecture will explore fully autonomous weapons, the products of AI technology, and the arguments for and against their use.

    Weighing the Universe

    This lecture will explain the physics of the cosmic microwave background and the challenges in understanding where our universe came from.

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