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"Six impossible things before breakfast" - the Biology of Belief
- Hosted by:
- Imperial College London
- Speaker:
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Lewis Wolpert, Professor of Biology as Applied to Medicine, University College London, Imperial Alumnus
- Starts:
- February 05, 2008 at 07:00 pm
- Ends:
- February 05, 2008 at 08:00 pm
- Location:
- Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Building, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Biologist, engineer, author, broadcaster, columnist Professor Wolpert investigates the nature of belief and its causes. He looks at its psychological basis and its possible evolutionary origins in physical cause and effect. How did tool making drive human evolution? What is the evolutionary advantage that belief provides?
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
For more information and to book for this lecture, please contact the Friends of Imperial group, on:
> Email: admin@friendsofimperial.org.uk
> Post: Friends of Imperial College, PO Box 361 London SW7 2WY
> Telephone: 05601 308 693 (Telephone enquiries to Jill Cook)
For more information
- Contact person:
- Friends of Imperial College
- Email:
- admin [ at ] friendsofimperial.org.uk
- Website:
- "Six impossible things before breakfast" - the Biology of Belief
