From 2016, The Science Academy is starting a series of Annual Lectures by eminent natural and social scientists and scholars in humanities.

The first lecture will be given by reknowned astrophysicist Prof. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who is best known for discovering pulsars, one of the most significant scientific achievements of the twentieth century.

“An introduction to pulsars – throwing some light on gravity and relativity”
4.2.2016 – 16:00

Boğaziçi University –  Albert Long Hall

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The following excerpts are from the report on vaccination by the Science Academy Working Group:

“In recent years, it has been observed that various groups criticize vaccination, the most effective method devised by science to protect against infectious disease, based on deficient and erroneous information, and suggest that humans, especially children should not be vaccinated.

“Today, the medical community shares the consensus that vaccination is the most efficient, economical and practical protection method against infectious diseases. It was only through vaccination that illnesses which had killed or maimed millions in previous centuries were wiped off the face of the Earth. …