Cambridge Science Festival

Hajek, B (Illinois)

Monday 22 March 2010, 17:00-18:00

This lecture, by Professor Malcolm Longair, tells the story of the development of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology over the 800 years of Cambridge University's existence. A Cambridge Science Festival 2009 lecture.

A recording of the Intercontinental Music Lab performing songs from their album Superheroes of Science. The musical lecture took place in the Babbage Lecture Theatre on Saturday 14th March 2009.

Dr Sadaf Farooqi, a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Addenbrooke's Hospital will look at the genetic factors which cause human obesity and the dramatic response that patients can experience following leptin therapy, including the critical role this hormone plays in the regulation of human food intake. A Cambridge Science Festival 2009 lecture.