28 Oct 2019

The enduring legacy of the tin can

From Labour Day, 11:30 am on 28 October 2019

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What did a bronze age cook keep their food in? No tin cans then, but the humble object has transformed human life over millennia.  

Michael Cortie is a Physicist for the University of Technology, Sydney and he's got a particular fascination with the role tin has had in human development. 

Canned fish

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