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Adam Rutherford Thursday 17 January 2019, 7pm University Place, University of Manchester The AHRC Double-Helix History project and Manchester Literature Festival are delighted to present an evening with self-proclaimed ‘author, broadcaster, scientist, geek’ Adam Rutherford. Adam’s first book, CREATION, was shortlisted for the Wellcome Trust Prize and his second, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, was critically acclaimed. He presents BBC Radio 4’s weekly programme Inside Science and with Dr. Hannah Fry, the Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry. He’s also written and presented several award-winning television documentaries including The Cell, The Gene Code, The Beauty of Anatomy and Playing God for the BBC’s long-running science series Horizon. In his original and entertaining new book, The Book of Humans: 4 Billions Years, 20,000 Genes and the New Story of How We Became Us, Adam explores how many of the things once considered to be exclusively human are not. We are not the only species that communicates, make tools, utilises fire, or has sex for reasons other than to make new versions of ourselves. Evolution has, however, allowed us to develop our culture to a level of complexity that outstrips any other observed in nature. Join us to see Adam discuss his work and the latest scientific discoveries with Matthew Cobb, author of Life’s Greatest Secret: the Race to crack the genetic code. Tickets are free but booking is advised: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/adam-rutherford-in-conversation-tickets-52820175567 -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------