Nobel
prize-winner Professor Sir Harry Kroto FRS
will deliver this year's Gerald Walters Memorial Lecture at the University
of Bath. 
The lecture entitled
A random walk in Science, Art & Design
will take place on
Wednesday 11 December 2002 at 6.15pm
in the University Hall.
Admission
is free by ticket obtainable
from
Clare
Henderson, Registrar's Office,
4 W 3.4B, University of Bath, BA2 7AY.
01225 383400. (Postal requests should be accompanied by a stamped
addressed envelope).
Sir Harry was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in
1996 (jointly with two others) for their discovery of fullerenes.
[See
Nobel site]. He currently teaches at School of Life Sciences, University
of Sussex. [See
his University webpage]
Science as a cultural activity
"Over the years I have given many lectures for
public understanding of science and some of my greatest satisfaction has
come in conversations with school children, teachers, lay people, retired
research workers who have often exhibited a fascination for science as
a cultural activity and a deep understanding of the way nature works."
Never give up
"My advice is to do something which interests
you or which you enjoy (though I am not sure about the definition of enjoyment)
and do it to the absolute best of your ability. If it interests you, however
mundane it might seem on the surface, still explore it because something
unexpected often turns up just when you least expect it. With this recipe,
whatever your limitations, you will almost certainly still do better than
anyone else. Having chosen something worth doing, never give up and try
not to let anyone down."
The prestigious lecture
series is named after Dr Gerald Walters, who was the first Reader
in the Humanities at the University and established a reputation
for himself for both his scholarship and political achievements.
He is credited with bringing recognition across the University of the
value of understanding the nature of society in a largely scientific
and technological institution. After his sudden death at an early age
in 1970, the University established the Gerald Walters Memorial Lecture
as the first public lecture series following the granting of the University's
charter in 1966 and its arrival to Bath.
Last
year's lecture Gerald Walters Memorial lecture - Martin Bell
For more
information, please contact Clare
Henderson on 01225
383400
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