The lagoon: How Aristotle invented science

When:
September 3, 2014 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2014-09-03T19:00:00+01:00
2014-09-03T20:30:00+01:00
Where:
Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street
Mayfair, London W1S
UK
Cost:
£12/£8
Contact:
Royal Institution
020 7409 2992

Starfish_in_lagoon_on_Pom_Pom_Island,_Celebes_resort,_Sabah CREDIT Profmauri via Wikimedia CommonsAristotle was one of the greatest philosophers in the history of Western thought. But he was also a scientist — the first. More than 2,000 years ago, by the shores of a lagoon on a Greek island, he began to examine the natural world as no-one had before him, and so laid the foundations of biology. Join Armand Leroi, Professor of Evolutionary Developmental Biology, to explore Aristotle’s science — its genius, its errors and its lessons for 21st century science.