Although the official opening is on Friday evening, SciFest Africa kicks off its programme tomorrow (Wednesday 2 March). This year's theme is "A Matter of Time".
Although the official opening is on Friday evening, SciFest Africa kicks off its programme tomorrow (Wednesday 2 March). This year's theme is "A Matter of Time".
Don't miss our special SciFest Supplement in this week's print edition of Grocott's.
Here's some of what you can catch on the first day.
Lectures:
11am
The Albany Museum and the Rhodes Department of Geology present
Professor Steve Prevec
How do geologists tell time?
The Earth is 4.543 billion years old… but how do we know? Learn how geologists are
able to determine the age of the Earth, rocks and fossils from the accumulation of
sediments to radioactive minerals, and gain a new perspective on time.
Monument
Olive Schreiner Hall
1pm – 2pm – Habib Noorbhai, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
The evolution of the backlift batting technique in cricket
Monument
Olive Schreiner Hall
