Launches @ the Library
PROVE IT! Elizabeth Finkel in conversation with Douglas Bair.- Date:
- Tuesday 19 August 2025 12.30 pm–1.30 pm (Add to calendar)
- Contact:
- Library Coordinator Planning & Engagement
library.planning@latrobe.edu.au - Type of event:
- Community event
Launch - Target audience:
- Current student: Undergraduate
Current student: Postgraduate
Current student: New students
Current student: International
Researcher/Graduate researcher
Alumni
La Trobe University staff
Public - Location:
- Charles La Trobe Lounge, Level 2, Bundoora Library
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.
Catch up on previous Launches @ the Library events via the Literary La Trobe podcast (wherever you get your podcasts).