UCL Events
Information for Staff
13:15 - 13:55 6 December 2012
Lunch Hour Lecture: Apocalypse in 2012? History, myth and science
Location
Darwin Lecture Theatre - access via Malet Place |
Darwin Building
(
Map)
Gower St |
London |
WC1E 6BT |
United Kingdom
Open to:
Academic |
Alumni |
Public |
Student
Admission: FREE
Ticketing: Open
Speaker information
Dr Francisco Diego Quintana, Honorary Research Associate, UCL Department of Physics and Astronomy
Prof Elizabeth Graham, Professor of Mesoamerican Archaeology, UCL Institute of Archaeology
Did the Classic Maya really predict the end of the world on 21 December 2012? What caused them to record a date that would occur over a thousand years into their future? This lecture will review a variety of apocalyptic prophecies, specially the one for this year, in the light of scientific research into the formation, development and eventual destruction of entire solar systems, including ours.
Contact
Catherine Dean
020 3108 3838 |
c.dean@ucl.ac.uk
Links
Click here to watch this lecture streamed live online at 1.15pm on the day
