Adult Event and Activities
Tuesday 9th February 2010
Sir Paul Nurse FRS
The Great Ideas of Biology
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On Tuesday 9 February 2010, world leading geneticist and Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse will be visiting Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum to lead a day of DNA themed activities, including workshops and a free evening lecture. Paul will deliver an evening talk in the Thinktank theatre entitled The Great Ideas of Biology. In this free event, Paul will cover a range of concepts including the idea of the cell as the basic unit of life, the gene as the basic unit of inheritance, life viewed as chemistry and notions on evolution. | |
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Now President of The Rockefeller University in New York, Paul’s visit is part of the Royal Society’s 350th anniversary celebrations, of which Paul is a fellow. Paul comments, “Having been a student at the University of Birmingham some years back, I am looking forward to revisiting the city to meet and work with the budding biologists of tomorrow.” Thinktank’s Resident Scientist Dr. Kenny Webster comments “This really is a unique opportunity for local students to meet one of the world’s greatest living scientists and have a chance of working in a lab environment with a Nobel Prize winner – it is going to be a amazing day!” |
7pm, Thinktank Theatre, Level 2
Seating limited, tickets must be booked in advance. Please
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Cafe Scientifique
www.thinktank.ac/cafe_sci
| Cafes Scientifique are informal and lively discusion events around contemporary science issues that take place in local bars, cafes and pubs. Taking place on the first Tuesday of every month, we feature a variety of local scientists and engineers, talking about their work and how it affects the average person in the street. Always fun, sometimes controversial, these events are a great way to get to the heart of the matter. | |
Cafe Scientifique special eventTuesday 16 Mar during National Science and Engineering Week | |
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Prof Sir Alec Jeffreys The inventor of DNA fingerprinting and Fellow of the Royal Society joins us to discuss some of the cutting edge issues in his field. 6.00pm for 6.30pm start The Jekyll and Hyde28 Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham, B4 6BJ |
Tuesday 23d March 2010
Jonathan Porritt CBE
Engineering a Low-Growth Economy
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Acclaimed writer, environmentalist and former director of Friends of the Earth, Jonathan Porritt will deliver this year's Lunar Society Annual Lecture. Politicians love to tell us that we can have a low- carbon society and high economic growth at the same time. This is impossible but why are politicians unwilling to discuss the details? | |
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7pm, Thinktank Theatre, Level 2 Seating limited, tickets muse be booked in advance. Please
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Previous Evening Talks
Anna Starkey: Angels, Demons and Antimatter
Prof Steve Fuller: Intelligent Design
Mario Di Maggio: Aliens on Earth
