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Eighteenth Annual Darwin College Lecture Series 2003
Changing Science and Society
Lecture 6 : 21 February 2003
DNA, Biotechnology and Society
Professor Malcolm Grant
Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge
What is it that shapes social attitudes towards advances in biotechnology? Why have GM
crops, now so widely grown in North America, Argentina and China, met with such resistance in
Europe? The breadth of the issues, the divergence of the underlying values, public mistrust of
Government and the polarisation of the debate within Europe, all suggest that the
science-technology-society relationship is today far more complex than that identified by CP
Snow in his famous "two cultures" lecture in Cambridge in 1959. This lecture will explore
these issues against the dynamics of public debate over the potential commercialisation of GM
crops in the UK.
The lectures are given at 5.30 p.m. in The Lady Mitchell Hall,
Sidgwick Avenue, with an adjacent overflow theatre with live TV
coverage. Each lecture is typically attended by 600 people so you
must arrive early to ensure a place.
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