Prove It: Book Launch

Prove It: A Scientific Guide for the Post-Truth Era by Elizabeth Finkel

Book Launch

La Trobe University Press is delighted to invite you to the launch of Prove It at The Avenue Bookstore in Elsternwick on Tuesday 2 September 2025.

Dr Elizabeth Finkel AM will be in conversation with Melbourne Jewish Book Week's Dr Morry Frenkel.

Doors open at 6pm and light refreshments will be served.

This event is supported by Melbourne Jewish Book Week.

About the Book

A compelling journey through science's big breakthroughs, by an award-winning Australian science writer

In Prove It, Elizabeth Finkel describes how the scientific method plays out in a series of controversies, from proving the existence of Einstein's gravitational waves to identifying the origins of Covid-19, from understanding human origins to defining consciousness. Through these tales of dispute and discovery, she breaks down the key elements of scientific thinking. Full of politics, prejudice, obsession, heroism and eccentricity, Prove It captures the drama and excitement of scientific discovery and debate and argues compellingly that its lessons are more crucial now than ever.