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5 March 2004
Cafe Scientifique is a place where, for the price of a cup of coffee or a glass of wine, anyone can come to explore the latest ideas in science and technology. Meetings always take place outside a traditional academic context. See the Cafe Scientifique web site.
Cafe Scientifique is a forum for debating science issues, not a shop window for science. Sponsored by The Wellcome Trust, it is committed to promoting public engagement with science and to making science accountable.
Glasgow Café Scientifique - Generally the Café will begin at 8.00pm in the Metro Brasserie, 8 Cresswell Lane, Glasgow, G12 8AA. The bar also sells food and some of the audience may choose to come earlier if they wish to eat. The speaker will talk for about 20 minutes and we then take a short break for 10 minutes to allow people to refresh their glasses and think of questions they may wish to ask. The Q&A session lasts from 30 minutes to an hour, depending on the audience, topic and speakers other commitments, although it is our aim for the debate to continue much longer in the bar afterwards. Whilst there is no fee for the event if you wish to make a donation towards the speakers expenses it will be gratefully appreciated. We aim to hold these the third Thursday of every month.
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Future Events
Date Thursday 18th March
Title ‘Black Holes and Other Cosmic Weirdos’
Speaker Professor John Brown
Description
Black holes are among the weirdest objects in the universe, along with cosmic strings,dark energy and such. Their huge gravitational fields have bizarre effects on space and time around them and they may even be the birthplace of new universes.They raise many interesting questions. What are black holes? How do they form? What do they do to space and time? How can we see them? Are we in a black hole?Are they of practical use? Do they make good pets?John Brown is Regius Professor of Astronomy at Glasgow University,10th Astronomer Royal for Scotland, and Honorary Professor at Aberdeen and Edinburgh. He has held numerous research fellowships abroad and published 250 papers in his main research areas of high energy solar radiation and powerful mass expulsion from hot stars. He is very active in increasing public understanding of science, having won an Institute of Physics Award for his schools planetarium programme and his use of magic, theatre and other off-beat means to get concepts across.
Date April 22nd:
Title: 'Gene Medicine'
Speaker: Prof David Porteous
Description: A major focus of Davids work is the application of knowledge emerging from the Human Genome Project to the identification of risk factors, disease processes and new treatments for common disorders prevalent in the Scottish population. Professor Porteous is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute of Biologists, the Academy of Medical Sciences and is an Honorary Member of the Association of Physicians in Great Britain & Ireland.
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