History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the Manchester Science
Festival
This year sees the launch of the Manchester Science Festival (20-28
October), an annual event to celebrate and develop interest in science,
technology and engineering in the local area and beyond. Historical
understanding is an integral part of the Festival's aims, and staff at
the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine are
closely involved right across the programme of events. Look out for the
following:
- On Saturday 20, Sunday 21 and Monday 22 October, CHSTM volunteers will
be leading a guided walk through the city streets, starting at the
Manchester Museum on Oxford Road and ending at the Museum of Science and
Industry in Castlefield, to reveal the scientific, industrial and
medical heritage which shaped the city.
- If you can't attend the walk, don't worry: in association with
colleagues from the Institute of Physics and the University of Salford,
CHSTM staff have put together a guided audio trail around central
Manchester, for you to download in MP3 format and follow using an audio
player. The audio and accompanying website will be launched soon.
- At 7pm on Wednesday 24 October, CHSTM's historian of technology James
Sumner will be giving a public talk on Science, beer and pubs in history
at the Briton's Protection pub. Come along to discover the role of
science in brewing over 300 years -- as well as the role of brewers such
as James Joule in the history of science, and the unique place of the
pub, in the days before
widespread free education, as a site for working people to discuss
scientific ideas.
- Our science communication specialist David Kirby has worked closely as
advisor to the Festival's film programming. Look out for the screening
of Jurassic Park, with Q&A, at the Odeon Printworks on Wednesday 24 October.
- Also on Wednesday 24th, Emm Barnes and Julia Hyland of the University
of Birmingham will be running a rabies workshop at the Manchester
Museum. Suitable for all ages, the event re-creates the national news
sensation of 1886, the passage of five children from Bradford to Paris
to receive Louis Pasteur's new life-saving treatment after they were
bitten by a rabid dog.
For full programme and booking details and the latest updates, visit the
Manchester Science Festival website:
<http://www.manchestersciencefestival.com> or the CHSTM website at
<http://www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/>
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Carsten Timmermann, PhD
Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
The University of Manchester, Simon Building, Room 2.36
Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
Phone +44-(0)161-275 7950 Fax +44-(0)161-275 5699
Departmental Website: http://www.manchester.ac.uk/chstm
Project Website: http://www.cancer-history.org
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