Science Perspectives: big scientific questions
Robots, Quantum Physics, Genetic Engineering ... Scientific knowledge is making constant progress but there are still many unanswered questions, which will be discussed in the Libraries of Barcelona.
On October and November Mondays, Barcelona Libraries propose us to explore some of the biggest questions that science has raised, with the Visions of Science series of lectures.
Monday 6 October, 7.30 pm
Will robots ever be able to think?
Miquel Barceló, engineer and UPC lecturer
Les Corts-Miquel Llongueras Library
Monday 13 October, 7 pm
What don't we know about the evolution of the human species?
Jordi Serrallonga, archaeologist, naturalist and writer
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library
Monday 20 October, 7 pm
Mathematics: what is there left to do?
Claudi Alsina, mathematician and public speaker on science
Vila de Gràcia Library
Monday 27 October, 7 pm
Climate change: are we heading towards the sixth mass extinction?
Josep Enric Llebot, physicist and public speaker on scientific issues
Sagrada Família-Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte Library
Monday 3 November, 7.30 pm
Quantum physics: fact and fiction
Sonia Fernández Vidal, PhD in Quantum Physics and writer
Les Corts-Miquel Llongueras Library
Monday 10 November, 7 pm
Will we find extraterrestrial life in the solar system?
Jordi Llorca, chemist, Institute of Energy Technologies (UPC)
Camp de l'Arpa-Caterina Albert Library
Monday 17 November, 7 pm
What do we know about the origin of the universe?
Jordi Isern, physicist and director of the Institute of Space Studies of Catalonia
Vila de Gràcia Library
Monday 24 November, 7 pm
Should there be limits to genetic engineering?
Núria Terribas, lawyer and expert on bioethics
Sagrada Família-Josep M. Ainaud de Lasarte Library
Co-ordinated by Lluís Reales
Further information: Biblioteques de Barcelona