Madam, - Readers of Brendan McWilliams's Weather Eye in your edition of April 22nd on George Gabriel Stokes, "one of Ireland's most celebrated scientific sons", may be interested to know that the Royal Irish Academy is organising a Stokes Centenary Conference on June 19th and 20th.
Details are available from the undersigned at or on the website www.ria.ie/events/stokes.html. - Yours, etc.,
REBECCA GAGEBY, Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson Street, Dublin 2.