Pretoria Branch Talks
The Pretoria Branch of the S2A3 presents talks during the university semester. They are usually scheduled at 17:15 on the first Wednesday of the month and presented in the Sci-Enza, but there are exceptions. If you want to receive notices of forthcoming talks, please join our mailing list.
Talk Archive 2000
6 March 2000: Dr Marhinus Horak, Manager: Bioprospecting Programme CSIR BIO/CHEMTEK: Bioprospecting for Novel Drugs: Unlocking Nature’s Medicine Chest
3 April 2000: Prof Derck Smits: Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics & Astronomy, Unisa White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars and Supernovae
8 May 2000: Prof Steven Chown: Climate Change and Southern African Animals: The Future Might be Quiter
5 June 2000: Dr Andre Keyser, Bernard Price Institute, Wits: The Treasures of Drimolen
7 August 2000: Dr MA Coccia Portugal, Medical Practitioner in Oncology: Breast Cancer in the New Millenium
4 September 2000: Prof Lizette van Rensburg, Department of Human Genetics, UP: The Human Genome Sequence – Changing the Face of Medicine
2 October 2000: Prof Diane Grayson, Professor of Science Education, Faculty of Science, Unisa: An Introduction to the Science of Learning and the Learning of Science
Talk Archive 1999
1 March 1999: Professor Liesbeth Botha, Dept of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UP: The successes of artificial intelligence and pattern recognition
3 May 1999: Dr Francis Thackeray: Trying to Make Sense of the Hominid Family Tree
7 June 1999: Professor Johannes Heidema, Dept of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, Unisa: Logics for all seasons
2 August 1999: Dr CK Brain: The Ancient Roots of Human Intelligence
6 September 1999: Dr Ansie Meiring, Dept of Mathematics, UP: The New Millenium – Facts and Figures
4 October 1999: Martino: Seeing is [not always] believing
Talk Archive 1998
2 March 1998: Professor EH Mathews, Dept Mechanical Engineering, UP: Use and abuse of the scientific process: Interesting successes and mishaps in science.
4 May 1998: Professor AE Duffy, Dept of Visual Arts and Art History, UP: The artist and the fourth dimension
1 June 1998: Prof Judith Bishop, Dept of Computer Sciences, UP: Using Java on the World Wide Web
3 August 1998: Professor Robin Crewe: Dean: Faculty of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, UP Language and manipulation in honeybee social communication
18 September 1998: Dr David Malin, Principal Research Scientist, Anglo-Australian Observatory, Australis: A Universe of Colour