MIKE FROST - ASTRONOMY TALKS

 

COMING OUT FEBRUARY 2024 - "ECLIPSE AND REVELATION" (OUP)

 

Hi! My name is Mike Frost. I live in Warwickshire, England. For my day job, I am a systems engineer working in the steel industry .

In my spare time, I am an astronomer. I chase eclipses and I visit astronomical sites worldwide. The picture below is of me standing in the Tswaing Meteor Crater, which is 40km north of Pretoria, South Africa.

 

I am a member of Coventry and Warwickshire Astronomy Society ,  The Society for the History of Astronomy ,

The British Astronomical Association   and  The Royal Astronomical Society.

I also write articles and give talks to societies around the UK (and beyond!).

These are the talks which I give:-
 

 

1	The Green Flash
2	The Arms of Buddha
3	Rainbows
4	Camera Obscuras
5	How to Lose Weight
6	Isaac Newton and the Surrey Pumas
7	Norman Lockyer
8	Jeremiah Horrocks - A Very Curious Astronomer
9	Jeremiah Horrocks, Samuel Foster, Nathaniel Nye - A Detective Story
10	Jeremiah Horrocks and New England
11	A Warwickshire Eclipse
12	Beneath the Shadow of the Moon
13	The Accidental Death of an Anarchist
14	The Rector of South Kilworth
15	Two Northamptonshire Astronomers
16	Drawing The Line
17	The Yerkes Observatory
18	Pioneering Women of The BAA
19	Reved George Fisher: Arctic Astronomer
20	Dark Matter
21	Robotic Explorers in Space
22	Eclipse and Revelation
23	An Arctic Eclipse
24	Gerhana Mata Hari
25	The Great American Eclipse
26	Land of the Mid-Day Dusk
27	The Great Argentinian Eclipse
28	Against the Odds: a Patagonian Eclipse

 

 

Interested? Email me! Use the email facility at the page end.

Check out My Publications

Here are some links to my favourite places on the web:-

Coventry & Warwickshre Astronomical Society

 

Society for the History of Astronomy | Shedding light on the History of Astronomy

British Astronomical Association - Home

The Royal Astronomical Society

CfDS - The Commission for Dark Skies. An Anti Light Pollution Organisation.

The Astronomy Centre, Todmorden

Astronomy Now On-Line

A Green Flash Page

The Tswaing/Soutpan Meteor Crater

Being in the Shadow (check out the eclipse chaser videos!)

In April 2009, I entered the NESTA Famelab science communication competition

(Brief) Appearance in Famelab (50s into video)

 

In April 2010, I became director of the Historical Section of the British Astronomical Association

British Astronomical Association - Historical Section

Click here to view an interview I gave to the BAA about my role as Section Director

Let me know what you think about my page. Send mail by clicking here.

Last updated:  12 Oct 2023