The meaning of a life: a South African scientist's tale

THE MEANING OF A LIFE: A SOUTH AFRICAN SCIENTIST’S TALE

Emeritus Professor Wieland Gevers, University of Cape Town; Emeritus Professor Anwar Mall, University of Cape Town

Thursday 30 January  5.00 pm  COURSE FEES R110; Staff and students R55

Wieland Gevers will be in conversation with Anwar Mall about his memoir, The Meaning of a Life: A South African Scientist’s Tale.

They will discuss the author’s deep involvement in the South African higher education and research system over a period of seven decades, after medical studies at UCT, and postgraduate research in Oxford and New York with two Nobel Prize winners.

Overall, the meaning of a life devoted to these activities will be examined, in the sense of Socrates’ view that ‘an unexamined life is not worth living’.

Recommended reading

Gevers, W. 2025. The Meaning of a Life: A South African Scientist’s Tale. Cape Town: BestRed/HSRC Press.

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