Bettina Wurche stellt vor: Jules Verne und die Entdeckung der Meeresforschung

In the organizer's words:

Jules Verne is generally regarded as the inventor of the scientific novel. But how much hard science and how much fiction and speculation was there in his works, for example his fantastic underwater novel 20,000 miles under the sea?

Last year, Bettina Wurche published Jules Verne and the Discovery of Ocean Exploration, a great book that delves into the exciting question of how much science and technology there is in Verne's novel, what had already been researched and invented at the time and what he had come up with. Betinna Wurche is a qualified marine biologist herself and will be presenting her findings at the Sense of Wonder on June 19 from 7 pm. As always, admission costs EUR 5 and we ask you to send an email to veranstaltungen@senseofwonder.online so that we can organize enough seating.

About Bettina Wurche

Bettina Wurche is a biologist and science journalist who works in knowledge and science communication. She writes and speaks about oceans and marine creatures on her science blog "Meertext", for Spektrum and Bild der Wissenschaft, for Heise, SZ and other media. Her favorite subject is whales, which she has met on sea voyages to the Arctic and Antarctic and elsewhere. Other topics include the climate crisis, marine conservation, the deep sea, future technology, astrobiology, space travel and science fiction. As an astrobiology speaker, she sometimes speaks at ESA events or on television, for example on "Terra X".