I enclose an announcement about "Science as Theatre" a lecture given by
playright and scientist Prof Carl Djerassi.  Carl invented the birth
control pill and writes plays.

The lecture will be about the ways in which science is dramatic and the
ways in which drama depicts science.

It is the first annual Dennis Rosen Memorial lecture, dedicated to my
father who did much to promote closer links between art and science.

I enclose the text in the body of the message in case you have an
anti-attachment policy


Public Lecture 			Ri	The Royal Institution of Great Britain
Science as Theatre
The inaugural Dennis Rosen memorial lecture
to be given by
Professor Carl Djerassi (Writer and Chemist, Stanford University)
on 
Friday June 30th 2000, 7.30pm
Entry fee £3 for members of the Royal Institution and concessions. £5 for
non-members.  Credit card booking line on 020 7670 2987. You may pay at the
door, but please phone to reserve seats
 
Science is inherently dramatic--at least in the opinion of
scientists--because it deals with the new and unexpected. The scientific
method is in its way, a dramatic process, with its races for recognition
and the far-reaching implications of some scientific developments.  But
does it follow that scientists are dramatic and that science can become the
stuff of drama? 

Carl Djerassi, inventor of the contraceptive pill, is Professor of
Chemistry at Stanford University in California, and one of the few American
scientists to have been awarded both the National Medal of Science and the
National Medal of Technology . He has written numerous plays.
 

 


BACKGROUND FOR EDITORS:  

THE DENNIS ROSEN MEMORIAL TRUST - First annual lecture

The Dennis Rosen Memorial Trust was established to continue the work of the
late Dennis Rosen, (until his death, Reader Emeritus, University College
London, Dept of Crystallography)  promoting the arts in their widest sense
amongst scientists and to encourage a deeper understanding of science by
artists. 
The Trust is an educational charitable trust, which will be promoting an
annual lecture at the Royal Institution on the subject of science and the
arts. In addition it will establish studentships for artists at scientific
institutions and for scientists at arts institutions.
Dr. Rebecca Rosen, a trustee and daughter of Dennis Rosen, said: "As the
pace of scientific change quickens and the practical and moral consequences
of the changes become more profound, there is an increasing need to break
down the barriers between science and the arts.  The Trust programme will
cover topics which promote dialogue between the two groups, exploring the
origins of the differences, encouraging a better understanding of each
other's work and examining the social consequences of the divide between
arts and sciences."
 
The Trustees
Prof Sir Eric Ash - Treasurer, Royal Society
Prof Lisa Jardine - Queen Mary College, University of London
Prof Richard Kitney - Imperial College London
Ms Martha Fleming- Practising Artist
Dr Rebecca Rosen - the Kings Fund, London
Mr Nicholas Rosen, Director, Online Research Agency


For further press enquiries, please contact Mr Nicholas Rosen,
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