Launches at the Library
Event status:
PROVE IT! Elizabeth Finkel in conversation with Douglas Bair- Date:
- Tuesday 19 August 2025 12:30 pm until Tuesday 19 August 2025 01:30 pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- University Events
events@latrobe.edu.au - Presented by:
- Launches at the Library program
- Type of Event:
- Public Lecture
- Cost:
- Free
What is the role and function of the scientific method in a post-truth era? Join award-winning science journalist and former Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, Elizabeth Finkel, to discuss her latest book, Prove It (La Trobe University Press) a remarkable journey through science’s big breakthroughs which investigates the significance of evidence-based theories for our legal, academic and political institutions and public conversations. Does democracy itself rely on not only thinking and saying it, but also proving it? In conversation with science educator, La Trobe’s Douglas Bair. Hosted by Professor of Public Engagement, Clare Wright.
Bookseller, author signings and light refreshments provided.
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Introduction: Prof Clare Wright
Professor of History and Public Engagement
Host: Douglas Bair
Engagement Officer, La Trobe University
Author: Dr Elizabeth Finkle AO
Author and Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, La Trobe University
La Trobe Univeristy Bundoora, Charles La Trobe Lounge, Library Level 2
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