Event from the University of Adelaide
Peter Doherty: The Knowledge Wars
$5
Thursday, 18 August 2016, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
102 Lecture Theatre, Level 1 Napier Building
Peter Doherty shared the 1996 Nobel Medicine Prize with Swiss colleague Rolf Zinkernagel, for their discoveries about transplantation and "killer" T cell-mediated immunity, an understanding that is currently translating into new cancer treatments. The first veterinarian to win a Nobel, he was Australian of the Year in 1997.
He is the author of several books, including The Knowledge Wars, a "warts and all" view of science for non-scientists, even for people who don't like science. It also suggests how any thoughtful citizen can probe the scientific evidence for and against some of the big issues, like climate change or GM foods. Please join us for this Friends of the University of Adelaide Library author event, and learn more about Peter's fascinating work.
Bookings by Tuesday 16 August
All welcome. Wines provided by Coriole.
Friends of the University of Adelaide Library, Email: friends_library@adelaide.edu.au [2]
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[1] http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/friends/doherty
[2] mailto:friends_library@adelaide.edu.au