The limits of science

  • Public Event
  • Audio archive


Are there limitations to science? Peter Medawar famously thought so, and others have supposed that science cannot poke its nose into the various sensitive spots of a supposed spiritual world. But is that in fact the case?

In this talk, Prof Peter Atkins examines several of the great questions of existence to see whether science is confronted by a brick wall, and if not, then what it reveals.

Tickets £10 standard, £7 concessions, £5 Ri Members
Please note tickets purchased on the door will incur a £2 booking fee.


Make a night of it! Come for a cocktail or something delicious, modern and British to eat in the bar. ‘Time & Space' at the Ri has the perfect atmosphere for a night out.

Listen to the audio archive of this event:

http://ri.content.s3.amazonaws.com/podcasts/2011/03March/22 LimitsofScience.mp3

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