Wirtsstube als Labor

Machten das Lokal „Brot & Spiele“ zur Experimentierstube: Lukas Grumet, Hermann Scherz, Eduard Schittelkopf, Erich Reichel, Haimo Tentschert und Christian Fercher (v.l.), Fotos: Uni Graz/Grumet

Das Publikum stillte seinen Wissensdurst

Probieren geht über Studieren lautete am 24. November das Motto

Gäste experimentierten im Pub-Science und stillten ihren "Wissensdurst"

Probieren geht über Studieren – dieses Sprichwort setzte die 7. fakultät der Uni Graz im Rahmen ihrer Reihe „Wissensdurst – die Wissenschaftsviertelstunde im Pub“ am 24. November 2014 in die Tat um. Im Innenstadt-Lokal „Brot & Spiele“ waren dieses Mal nicht ForscherInnen, sondern die Pub-Science-Aktivisten zu Gast. Erich Reichel, Eduard Schittelkopf, Haimo Tentschert und Hermann Scherz experimentierten gemeinsam mit den Gästen. Das Quartett demonstrierte eindrucksvoll, wie Forschung anschaulich, anwendungsorientiert und amüsant vermittelt werden kann.

Die Veranstaltungsreihe „Wissensdurst – die Wissenschaftsviertelstunde im Pub“ ist Teil der 7. fakultät, des Zentrums für Gesellschaft, Wissen und Kommunikation an der Uni Graz. Das Projekt, von Dr. Wolfram Steurer initiiert, wird von den Studierenden Christian Fercher und Lukas Grumet geleitet.

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