Launched September 2004

 

Date:	19th October 2004
Title:	'Vision, Touch and the Philosophy of Perception'
Speaker:	Michael J Morgan
Description:	Michael Morgan, author of Molyneux's Question, explores the way in which we understand motion pictures.

Date:	17th November
Title:	'Nanotechnology: what is it and why should I care?'The Complexity of Perception'
Speaker:	Dr Mark Lythgoe, neurophysiologist
Description:	Mark Lythgoe, neurophysiologist and one of the UK’s leading science communicators gives an interactive presentation on the complexity of perception. Mark's recent eight part BBC3 Series : 'Is This The One?' looked at the neurobiology of love, attraction and compatibility. The series followed eight couples over eight months and used psychology, biology, genetics and neuroscience to find out if they were compatible with each other. Each couple underwent 3 scientific tests, the results were revealed to the couples at the end of the eight month period.

Date:	7th December
Title:	'Advertising: film and science'
Speaker:	Professor Simon Schaffer
Description:	Professor Simon Schaffer in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge will tackle how advertising, film and science worked together in the image machines of the end of the nineteenth century