Lyne Starling Trimble Public Event Series

Trimble Lecture Series 2024

The Lyne Starling Trimble Public Event Series features prominent science historians, writers, and scientists who illuminate the place of science in modern society and culture.

Funded by a generous donation from Dr. Virginia Trimble, the event series is named after her late father, Dr. Lyne Starling Trimble (1912–1992), who held patents for a number of color-reproduction systems and was an innovative chemist. The series was first endowed at $100,000 by Dr. Trimble, and the Trimble Lecture Fund aims to increase the reach and sustainability of the series by further endowing it at $200,000.
 

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Upcoming Lectures:

  • Elly Truitt, University of Pennsylvania
    "A Thirteenth-Century Perspective on Optical Science and Experiment: The Case of Roger Bacon"
    May 8, 2024
    American Center for Physics, 555 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

  • NASA’s John Mather and Mark Clampin in discussion:
    "The Next Great Space Telescope: Lessons for Success in the Search for Life Outside the Solar System"
    June 5, 2024
    American Center for Physics, 555 12th Street NW, Washington, DC 20004

  • Lawrence Principe, Johns Hopkins University
    Coming in fall 2024

Past Lectures:

  • "Reflections on the Founding of the Center for History of Physics"
    Speaker: Gerald Holton, Professor Emeritus, Harvard University
    2010