Science has brought about revolutionary changes in our understanding of ourselves and the natural world, which have acted as major drivers of our culture and civilization. This scientific knowledge has in turn brought about revolutions in the ways that we live and in the technologies that support society. A case can be made that science is the most revolutionary activity of humankind.
This year’s lecture, Science as Revolution, will be given by the President of the Royal Society, Sir Paul Nurse. Sir Paul, a renowned geneticist and cell biologist, is President of the Royal Society and Director of the Francis Crick Institute in London. He has served as Chief Executive of Cancer Research UK and President of Rockefeller University. He was joint winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and has received a Lasker Award and the Royal Society’s Royal and Copley Medals. The lecture will be followed by a short question and answer session.
Information:
11 December 2014
19: 45 – 21:15
Hintze Hall, Natural History Museum, London
More information in the museum’s website
