Café Scientifique Brighton
science for the sociable
Café
Scientifique
is an international
movement
meetings are usually on the Third Tuesday of the
month, at
usually at The
Quadrant pub,
Meetings are FREE (although a contribution to expenses is
appreciated)
| Tuesday
The Quadrant |
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“Crowd Behaviour In Emergencies: Don’t Panic!”
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Coverage of
mass emergencies
(such as fires, terrorist attacks etc) is often full of accounts of
mass panic. Traditional views of behaviour during such emergencies
argue that those affected are prone to selfish and/or irrational
behaviour as they flee from danger. However, over 50 years of research
into this area has found a much more complex story. Far from mass panic
occurring, those affected by emergencies are often co-operative and
altruistic towards each other – even when amongst strangers, and/or in
life-threatening situations. This talk will try to explain what happens
in these situations and why, in psychological terms, as well as the
implications this has for how the emergency services manage mass
evacuations. |
| Forthcoming speakers | |||
| August,
September
cafe closed |
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| Tuesday
October 20th The Quadrant |
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"The Science of Hypnosis" |
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| Tuesday
November 17th The Quadrant |
Anil Seth ( |
"Consciousness in Humans and Other Animals" |
www.anilseth.com |
| Tuesday
December 8th 2009 The Quadrant |
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“Natural
theology:
freewill, self-motion and the divine cosmos in the thought of Isaac
Newton” Few
people are generally aware that Isaac Newton (1642-1727) believed that
his most
significant scientific research concerned the relationship between the
mind and
the body, rather than mathematical physics of the Principia. By
understanding how we moved our own bodies, |
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Simon Goodwin ( |
"Are We Alone? Looking for
Life on Other Planets" |
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| February
2010 |
Alasdair Beal |
"Polymaths - who needs them?" Polymaths
- those brilliant
people who range across all kinds of subjects - can be very
entertaining but
what have they done for science? Are they just dilettanti, 'jacks of
all trades
but masters of none'? The orthodox view is that real progress comes
from the
sustained efforts of specialists who concentrate their efforts on a
limited
area of research in order to make breakthroughs. |
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| March 2010 (date to be advised) |
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“How
proteins change their shape: insights into Alzheimer's
disease” |
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April 2010 (date to be advised) |
Philip
Moriarty ( |
“Scientific
progress and the economic impact fallacy” |
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If
you have any enquiries please email: Jim Grozier j.r.grozier@btinternet.com
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