Entries from Londonist tagged with 'lecture'
November 25, 2008
Ross Geller's palaeontological obsession with dinosaurs, was a reliable comedy stick to poke him with yet its flipside was his friends' admiration for his relentless and geeky academia. However, tonight, dinosaurs will be put in their place at the Grant Museum's Dinosaurs Are Pointless lecture, so prepare to reevaluate your popular US sitcom view of the Jurassic. The free event, from 6.30pm by curator, Mark Carnall, will destroy the mystique of dinosaurology. It sounds......
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While our attention is on sociological and artistic dichotomies posed by the scientific community, there is yet more thought-provoking stuff scheduled for this evening. And a good chance to see a little known museum in our city too. Don't say we never give you value for money... The Grant Museum of Zoology is one of the University College of London (UCL) museums, originally founded for teaching purposes in 1827, and is packed with skeletons,......
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