Cambridge University Reporter


Darwin College

DARWIN LECTURE SERIES 2008

The annual College Lecture Series, this year entitled Serendipity, will take place at 5.30 p.m. on Fridays, in the Lady Mitchell Hall, Sidgwick Avenue. All are welcome.

18 January Serendipity's guide to the galaxy, by Andy Fabian, of the Institute of Astronomy.
25 January The stratigraphy of serendipity, by Susan Alcock, of Brown University, USA.
1 February Is malaria caused by a plant?, by Geoff McFadden, of the University of Melbourne.
8 February The unanticipated pleasures of the writing life, by Simon Winchester, author of The Map That Changed the World.
15 February Serendipity in political life, by Oliver Letwin, Member of Parliament.
22 February Serendipity as a force in physics, by Richard Friend, of the Department of Physics.
29 February Cosmological serendipity, by Simon Singh, author, journalist, TV producer.
7 March Understanding humans - serendipity & anthropology, by Richard Leakey, of Stony Brook University, New York.