Drinks at the Royal Society with Professor Tim Palmer DSc FRS CBE

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We cordially invite alumni to join us for an exclusive reception at the world-renowned Royal Society. Introduced by our Principal, Professor Sir Nigel Shadbolt FRS FREng FBCS, this event will feature a talk by Professor Tim Palmer DSc FRS CBE, Fellow in Physics at Jesus College, about the Tube Alloys project, an area of interest Professor Palmer has been developing alongside his main research into Climate Science. The talk will be entitled Jesus College and the World War 2 Secret Atom Bomb Project. 

Professor Tim Palmer

Many people are now familiar with the secret World War 2 project at Bletchley Park to break the German Enigma code. During the war, Jesus College took part in its own secret project - Tube Alloys - to build a prototype atom bomb. Unlike at Bletchley Park, Tube Alloys proved a complete failure and hence the story is less well known. However, the global political consequences of this failure resonate to the present day. In this talk, Professor Palmer will discuss the background to the project, the work that was done in the Leoline Jenkins laboratory (now the undergraduate Meyricke library), and some of the repercussions of this work after the end of WW2.

Please click here to view Professor Palmer's biography.

Please see the Event details panel for location and timings. This event is open to all alumni of Jesus College, with a guest. Registration will close at 12 noon on Monday 27 September.

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