http://www.sydneytalks.com.au Who is talking where this month en-us Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:50:08 +1000 http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/images/sydneytalks_rss.gif http://www.sydneytalks.com.au 88 http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8883&Itemid=25 What does biodiversity have to do with the Arts? Novelist Alexis Wright; Cosmologist Bryan Gaensler; Cultural Theorist Brett Neilson; Philosopher Nikolas Kompridis; and Biologist George (Buz) Wilson ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8813&Itemid=25 Curator Kerrie Dougherty tells the story of the women who did the tedious mathematical calculations for the missile and rocket projects at the Woomera Rocket Range, before and during the early days ... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8058&Itemid=25 Locust plagues are one of the most infamous insect scourges, affecting the lives of 1 in 10 people on the planet. But they have also provided important new clues as to the causes of human obesity, h... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8591&Itemid=25 How is it that a philosopher admired today by all manner of 'brain scientists' was also the hero of the Marquis de Sade? Charles Wolfe, History and Philosophy of Science, examines the ideas of Julie... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8884&Itemid=25 As part of the So, what? lectures on contemporary humanities and social sciences, Associate Professor Kate Crawford, Journalism and Media Research Centre UNSW, shares preliminary findings from the lar... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8730&Itemid=25 Dr Ziggy Switkowski traces the growing importance of nuclear technology around the world, examines concerns with its use, and concludes that nuclear power cannot be excluded if Australia is to meet it... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8899&Itemid=25 Prof. David Sloan Wilson shows how evolutionary theory can help to solve the problems of everyday life, from the quality of life in our cities to rethinking the fundamentals of economic theory and p... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8828&Itemid=25 The neuroscience of sex differences continues to fascinate author and Psychologist Cordelia Fine, who studied experimental psychology and criminology at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. Join her a... http://www.sydneytalks.com.au/index.php?option=com_events&task=view_detail&agid=8059&Itemid=25 Prof Joss Bland-Hawthorn discusses the search for antimatter and the ultimate battle of the universe: when matter and antimatter come together they're both annihilated and all the mass is converted...