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In a change to the advertised event Alasdair Beal will be giving a talk on Polymaths.

Polymaths are fascinating, entertaining people but they have little significance to the mainstream scientific progress. Alasdair Beal suggests that this view is mistaken, with examples from Leonardo da Vinci to Robert Hooke and from Thomas Young to Hedy Lamarr. Alasdair Beal is a civil and structural engineer based in Leeds.