PONTIFICAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MEETS IN PLENARY SESSION

VATICAN CITY, NOV 8, 2002 (VIS) - The Pontifical Academy of Sciences is meeting in plenary session in the Pius IV House in Vatican City under the presidency of Professor Nicola Cabibbo on the theme "The Cultural Value of Science." The meeting began today and runs through Monday, November 11.

Academy members, who will have an audience with the Holy Father during their assembly, are scheduled to discuss a wide range of topics including: Cultural Aspects of the Theory of Molecular Evolution; The Different Paces of Development of Science and Culture: The Considerations of a Demographer; Science and Dreams; The Moral Substance of Science, and Surgery of the Soul.

Also on the agenda are presentations concerning Science as a Culture: A Critical Appreciation; The Impact of Neuroscience on Human Culture; The Art and Science of Medicine; God's Traces in the Laws of Nature, and Scientific Culture and the Ten Statements by John Paul II.

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