Aesop's Animals: The Science Behind the Fables

Speaker
Dr Jo Wimpenny
Event date
Event time
18:30 - 19:30
Venue
Museum of Natural History
Parks Road
Oxford
OX1 3PW
Venue details

Parks Road

Event type
Lectures and seminars
Event cost
Free
Disabled access?
Yes
Booking required
Required

Are wolves deceptive villains? Are crows insightful geniuses? And could a tortoise really beat a hare in a race?

Join us to hear Oxford zoologist and science writer Jo Wimpenny talk about her new book, Aesop's Animals, in which she asks what science has to say about some of humanity's most famous animal characters: are they based on fact or fiction?