Africa in the Global History of Science
A Fall 2024 Emeritus Society Food for Thought LunchCost:
$ 20.00 per personDuration:
1hAbout this experience
A special lunchtime event that includes an engaging lecture and boxed lunch.
From the advent of agriculture and ironmaking to innovations in medicine, mathematics, and engineering, Africa has been essential in the development of science, globally. Since antiquity, Africans ranging from the figure attributed as the physician 'Peseshet' to the geographer and mathematician Eratosthenes have been a driving creative force in the systematic process of observing, asking questions, forming hypotheses, testing, and predicting - the scientific method.
Your Host
Omar H. Ali is Dean of Lloyd International Honors College at UNC Greensboro. A graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science, he received his Ph.D. in History from Columbia University and was previously named Carnegie Foundation North Carolina Professor of the Year.