| The Fourth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture [message #221157] |
Sa, 18 Februar 2006 20:35 |
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"Is the Human an Endangered Species?" by Professor Robert Winston
Thursday 23 March 2006, the Royal Geographic Society, London SW7
Save the Rhino International and the Environmental Investigation Agency
are co-hosting the Fourth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture with a talk by
Professor Robert Winston, on 23rd March at the Royal Geographical
Society in London SW7. In this talk, he will combine some of the
apparently threatening aspects of technology and the trust, or lack of
it, in science.
Lord Winston is one of the country's best-known scientists. As
Professor of Fertility Studies at Imperial College, University of
London, and Director of NHS Research and Development and Consultant
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist at Hammersmith Hospital, he has made
advances in fertility medicine and been a leading voice in the debate
on genetic engineering. His television series, including Your Life in
Their Hands, Making Babies, The Human Body and The Human Mind and have
made him a household name across Britain. He became a life peer in
1995.
The lecture is in aid of Save the Rhino International and the
Environmental Investigation Agency, two charities supported by Douglas
Adams. Douglas developed his deep-seated interest in wildlife
conservation during a 1985 visit to Madagascar, which eventually
resulted in a book (Last Chance to See) about the plight of species
facing extinction. Douglas Adams died unexpectedly in 2001 at the age
of 49. These Memorial Lectures continue to explore the themes in which
Douglas was so interested.
Notes for Editors:
The lecture will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 23 March 2006 at the
Royal Geographic Society, 1 Kensington Gore, London SW7. Tickets [at]
=A310, with a pay bar before and after the Lecture, are available from
www.savetherhino.org or Zoe at Save the Rhino, E: zoe [at] savetherhino.org.
Douglas Adams created all the various and contradictory manifestations
of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: radio, novels, TV, film,
computer games, stage adaptations, comic book and bath towel. For more
information about Douglas Adams and his creations, please visit
www.douglasadams.com For a tribute to Douglas by Save the Rhino's
Founder Director, David Stirling, see:
http://www.savetherhino.org/about_us/trustees__patrons/patro ns/douglas_adam=
s=2Ephtml
The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is an international
campaigning organisation committed to investigating and exposing
environmental crime. Since 1984, EIA has used pioneering investigative
techniques all over the world to expose the impact of environmental
crime and to seek lasting solutions. More info at
www.eia-international.org
Save the Rhino International works to conserve genetically viable
populations of critically endangered rhinoceros species in the wild. We
do this by fundraising for and making grants to rhino- and
community-based conservation projects in Africa and Asia. More info at
http://www.savetherhino.org
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Regards=20
DoD
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| Re: The Fourth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture [message #228817 ] |
Do, 02 März 2006 17:47 |
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Anyone know if that'll be available online, either streamed or as a
audio/video recording after the fact? I'm rather busy a few thousand
miles away that day. :)
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| Re: The Fourth Douglas Adams Memorial Lecture [message #228836 ] |
Fr, 10 März 2006 08:16 |
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johnjhealy [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Anyone know if that'll be available online, either streamed or as a
> audio/video recording after the fact? I'm rather busy a few thousand
> miles away that day. :)
I remember that there is a page on h2g2 which, if I remember correctly,
had a link to an audio version of the second or third one.
Beyond that, I can't help you.
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