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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/> -- 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