Author and science commentator Dr Karl Kruszelnicki is scheduled to talk on that subject and lots more as the 2002 Postgraduate Symposium Seminar’s guest speaker on Friday 25 October. The seminar, presented by the Office of Research, the Postgraduate Student Organisation, and the CQU Student Association promises to be “totally engaging” according to Mark Walters, Education Officer at the Student Association Kruszelnicki has been popularising science in one form or another since he first presented on radio station Triple J in 1981 to help pay his way through medical school. Since then, his career has included regular science reports for ABC radio, publishing, scripting and numerous television appearances. With degrees in Physics and Maths, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery, Dr Kruszelnicki has worked as a physicist, tutor, film-maker, car mechanic and a doctor.

The seminar will be held at the CQU Rockhampton Campus BirdCage Bar from 7.00 to 9.00pm. It also include topics like: Why it’s safer for a cat to fall 32 storeys than 8 storys; The genetic revolution -- some people will be the first generation to live or the last generation to die; How to build an anti-gravity machine; and the origin of Murphy's Law.

Dr Kruszelnicki is the Julius Sumner Miller Fellow at the University of Sydney, in the Science Foundation of the Physics Department. His recent book, "Munching Maggots, Noah's Flood and TV Heart Attacks and other cataclysmic science moments", made him the best-selling popular science author in Australia.

Amission is $5 for staff; $8 prepaid, for the public; students may attend free of charge. $10 tickets will be available at the door. Tickets go on sale in 2 weeks.

Please contact Mark Walters on 4930 9161 or email m.walters@cqu.edu.au for more information