When Rupert Sheldrake first put forward the idea of Morphic Resonance more than twenty years ago, it caused a huge stir within the scientific community. The then Editor of Nature denounced it as "the best candidate for burning there has been for many years", and proclaimed it was "heresy". But, as Einstein so famously said - "The problems of today cannot be solved with the same thinking that created them". Sheldrake is known for creatively challenging western scientific laws and for pushing the boundaries of scientific understanding. In this exciting talk Rupert will present themes from his new book, The Science Delusion, bringing to light previously inconceivable realms of possibility.

In The Science Delusion, Sheldrake sets out to challenge the belief that science already understands the nature of reality, in principle. He shows how the sciences are being constricted by assumptions that have hardened into dogmas. Should science be a belief-system, or a realm of enquiry? In the sceptical spirit of true scientific enquiry, Sheldrake turns the ten fundamental dogmas of science into questions, opening up startling new possibilities. For example, the "laws of nature" may be habits that change and evolve. The Gravitational Constant may not be constant. Minds may extend far beyond brains. The total amount of matter and energy may be increasing. Memories may not be stored as traces in our brains. Sheldrake argues that science would be better off without its dogmas: freer, more interesting and more fun.

About Rupert

Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D. is recognised as one of the world's most innovative biologists. He is author of more than 80 scientific papers and 10 books (including The Science Delusion). He was a Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge University, a Research Fellow of the Royal Society, Principal Plant Physiologist at ICRISAT (the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics) in Hyderabad, India, and from 2005-2010, the Director of the Perrott-Warrick Project, funded from Trinity College, Cambridge. His web site is www.sheldrake.org.