The Sense About Science Lecture 2007

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Longer, Healthier, Happier?

Human Needs, Human Values and Science

by
Professor Raymond Tallis FMedSci
Chair: Phil Willis MP

Our second annual lecture took place on 1st March 2007. Professor Raymond Tallis, Emeritus Professor of Geriatric Medicine at University of Manchester, philosopher, author and poet (and a very active and appreciated member of our Advisory Council), treated us to a challenging, illuminating and entertaining journey through the achievements of modern science and its central part in our humanity.

You can listen to the lecture as a podcast on The Times’ website. Just click on the multimedia link on the left hand side of the page—it’s embedded in Professor Tallis’s opinion piece. You can also download a transcript of the lecture (pdf) and download the slides (ppt).

The following day, Professor Tallis spoke to Alok Jha about the dangers of junk science on The Guardian’s weekly science podcast. Download it here.

This event was generously supported by

    Last updated: March 10 2008

Links

Listen to the lecture and read Professor Tallis’ opinion piece on The Times’ website
(The podcast is on the left hand side of the page, halfway though the article)

Download a transcript of Professor Tallis’s lecture (pdf)

Download the lecture slides (ppt)

Listen to Professor Tallis discuss the dangers of junk science on The Guardian’s weekly Science podcast

The Sense About Science Lecture 2006

Sense About Science’s inaugural annual lecture, given by Sir John Krebs, was about public policy and the use of science. Read a write up of the lecture here (pdf) and see the slides here (ppt, 9.29 mb).