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'Vitruvian man inside the Buckyball'
design by Sir Harry Kroto
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Arts-Science Encounters
The Arts meet Science at Sheffield University, in a series of talks and performances where anything could happen.
The Arts-Science Encounters are a series of talks bringing together researchers from across the University´s five faculties and recognised external speakers. The topics are broad ranging, including speakers from more than twenty disciplines, ranging from Chemistry, Fashion Design, Literature and Law, to Music, Neuroscience and Physics, with international guest speakers and performers. The talks are free and open to the general public and are pitched at non-specialists.
The Final Encounter...
Wednesday 17 June. The Music of Life: a Novel View of Darwinism
Music, and musical metaphors, are used to rescue Darwin from some of the excesses of neo-Darwinism. Genes become the pipes of an organ played by the organism. Evolution is the grand composer: more blind than Beethoven was deaf.
Professor Denis Noble (University of Oxford), and Christoph Denoth, classical guitar (Switzerland).
WEDNESDAY 5.30, St George´s Church.
Thanks to everyone for their generous and enthusiastic support of the 2009 Arts-Science Encounters.
Watch this space for further Encounters in 2010.
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