Talk by Dr Rachel Walcott of the National Museum of Scotland on why geology matters, part of the Curious Minds lecture series.
Dr Rachel Walcott brings Curious Minds: Why Minerals Matter to the AK Bell Library on Friday 12 February, starting at 19:30. It's part of the Curious Minds lecture series, which Culture Perth & Kinross puts on with the Perthshire Society of Natural Science — one of Scotland's oldest scientific societies. The whole series is built around 'Contemporary Science in Scotland', and the range of what they've covered so far is pretty broad: dinosaur fossils in Skye, the human genome, black holes, gravitational waves, and the science of consciousness.
Walcott is the Head of Earth Systems at the National Museum of Scotland, and this session draws on the museum's extensive mineral collection to explore why geology matters. It's timed to fall in the tercentenary of the birth of James Hutton, the Scottish geologist who basically founded the modern science of geology. If you've ever wondered why the ground beneath our feet is worth talking about, this is a good place to start.
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It's a single talk, running about 90 minutes, and it's held at the AK Bell Library on York Place, PH2 8EP. Tickets are £4.50 for PSNS members and £8.00 for non-members, so if you're not already a member of the Perthshire Society of Natural Science, you'll be paying the £8.00 price. The talk starts at 19:30 on Friday 12 February.
