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The Forum; 03/05/2009

The Forum: 03/05/2009

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03/05/2009

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Biologist Robert May, doctor & novelist Abraham Verghese, financial analyst Gillian Tett.

Biologist and former chief scientific adviser to the British government LORD ROBERT MAY, Ethiopian born doctor and novelist ABRAHAM VERGHESE, financial analyst and social anthropologist GILLIAN TETT.

Scientist LORD ROBERT MAY unlocks chaos theory to trace the broader patterns of risk and change.

Novelist and doctor ABRAHAM VERGHESE casts new light on the human body as text and a source of stories.   

Financial analyst GILLIAN TETT asks why money makes so many people throw caution to the wind.

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