On Friday evening, you are invited to broaden your cultural horizons with a trip to the pub. Start the weekend with historian James Sumner on a light-headed stagger through scientific understandings of alcohol since 1600, as Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy and others ponder the great questions: Is wine alcoholic? Does rotting fish belong in beer? And what’s more harmful – microbes, or thunder?
James is a lecturer in the History of Technology at the Centre for the history of Science, Technology and Medicine. He had a most enjoyable time as a PhD student researching beer-brewing in the 1800s. He has gone on to consider the role and image of the computer in everyday British life.
The Lass O’Gowrie is a pub well-worth a trip – James says so and he is a man who knows his beer!
Audience: Adults
Venue: The Lass O’Gowrie,
Date: Friday 30th October
Time: 6 – 7 pm
Cost: Free!
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