Events

Events where you can hear and meet popular science writers are listed below... (if you are looking for a speaker at your venue, check out our details of authors giving talks and interactive events in schools and colleges)

8 February 1.30pm	IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?	Tony Peake	Ellesmere Port Library, Cheshire
Talk by the author of the book Is There Life After Death? which looks at a remarkable scientific theory that may mean that we all continue to live after our physical deaths.
9 February 11.00am	IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?	Tony Peake	Bebington Central Library, Wirral
Talk by the author of the book Is There Life After Death? which looks at a remarkable scientific theory that may mean that we all continue to live after our physical deaths.
12 February 7.00pm	A BRIEF HISTORY OF INFINITY	Brian Clegg	Blackwell's Bookshop, Oxford
The author of bestselling book A Brief History of Infinity discusses the intriguing topic of infinity and how mathematicians have seen it throughout histpry at the Oxford Cafe Scientifique, hosted by Blackwell's main bookshop in Broad Street. Free entry. See http://www.cafesci.org/oxford for more details.
23 February 10am to 6pm	BRIGHT SPARKS	Marcus Chown	Hove Park Upper School, Brighton
Marcus Chown, author of Felicity Frobisher and the Three-Headed Aldebaran Dust Devil, will be talking about space with our young visitors as part of Bright Sparks. For 7 to 12 year olds. Tickets £6 adults, £4 7 to 14 - see www.brightonscience.com for more details.
23 February 2.30pm	IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?	Tony Peake	West Kirby Library, Wirral
Talk by the author of the book Is There Life After Death? which looks at a remarkable scientific theory that may mean that we all continue to live after our physical deaths.
25 February 7.30pm	HOW TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE	Michael Norton	Friends' Meeting House, Brighton
Michael Norton, author of The Everyday Activist, will be giving us a practical guide to living a greener life. Tickets free: book by email. See www.brightonscience.com for details.
26 February 7.30pm	CABARET SCIENCE - ROBOTS	Piers Bizony	Joogleberry Theatre, Brighton
Along with Jonathan Hare and Sarah Forbes-Robertson, popular science author Piers Bizony will entertain with the amazing story of robots in popular culture, both real and imaginary. Tickets £6 on the door. Tapas and bar. Just turn up (14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton) or see www.brightonscience.com for more details.
27 February 7.30pm	30 SECOND THEORIES	Jim Al-Khalili	Joogleberry Theatre, Brighton
30-Second Theories is a book Ivy Press are researching. Wouldn’t it be great if you could sum up a big theory in a few well-chosen words? Jim Al-Khalili, TV presenter and top science communicator, sets the ball rolling. Others will follow; a relatively short summary of relativity, a vague notion of the uncertainty principle, a light-weight view of gravity or a wild stab at chaos theory. Everyone wins a prize. Also Michael Brooks on the Things that Don’t Make Sense; dark energy, homeopathy, cold fusion, the placebo effect... It is the unknown that holds the key to the future of science. Tickets £6 on the door. Tapas and bar. Just turn up (14-17 Manchester Street, Brighton) or see www.brightonscience.com for more details.
28 February 7pm for 7.30	MAX PERUTZ AND THE SECRET OF LIFE	Georgina Ferry	Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution
Top science writer and broadcaster Georgina Ferry vividly brings to life the story of Max Perutz, a refugee from Nazism who created the lab in Cambridge where James Watson and Francis Crick unravelled DNA, and who won the Nobel prize for understanding ‘the breathing molecule’ that makes blood red. Ferry shows us the humour and humanity behind one of the twentieth century’s greatest molecular biologists. Tickets £7 from the Bath Literature Festival box office 01225-463362 or the festival website.
1 March 10.30am	MULTIPLICITY	Rita Carter	Komedia, Brighton
Cases of people with multiple personalities are dramatic, though rare. Yet we all have different versions of ‘me’ which we display when in company or on our own, at work or with our family. How easy is it for the boundaries to break down? Rita is a science and medical writer specialising in the workings of the human brain. Her books ‘Mapping the Mind’ and ‘Consciousness’ are already classics. Her new book, ‘Multiplicity’ looks set to join them. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
1 March 1.30pm	MAKING UP THE MIND	Chris Frith	Komedia, Brighton
It seems that Free Will is a figment of the imagination. Chris Frith, one of the world's leading neuroscientists, is well known for his extremely clear thinking on very complex psychological matters, such as agency, social intelligence and the minds of people with autism and schizophrenia. In ‘Making Up the Mind’ he uses evidence from brain imaging, psychological experiments and studies of patients to explore the relationship between the mind and the brain, and discover just how little we are in control. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
1 March 3.00pm	QUIRKOLOGY	Richard Wiseman	Komedia, Brighton
How does your surname influence your life? What does the way you walk reveal about your personality? Why should women have men write their personal ads? What is the funniest joke In the world, and do religious fundamentalists have a sense of humour? Why are people in Delhi more helpful than Londoners? How can you be persuaded to remember events that never actually happened? Why do incompetent politicians win elections? For over twenty years, psychologist Professor Richard Wiseman has examined the quirky science of everyday life. Here is the definitive guide to what happens when behavioural scientists misbehave. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
1 March 5.30pm	NATURE'S PATTERNS	Philip Ball	Komedia, Brighton
Prize-winning author, Philip Ball, explores the simple laws that produce complex patterns everywhere in nature, from galaxies to the cream in your coffee, from fluid dynamics to traffic tail-backs. Tickets £7 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
2 March 12.00pm	CONFESSIONS OF AN ECO-SINNER	Fred Pearce	Komedia, Brighton
One of our most revered ecology writers finds to his horror the cost in environmental terms of his work. He has searched for the source of the cotton in his shirt, the prawns in his curry, the coffee in his mug, the computer on his desk, and the people who grew, mined or made all his stuff, and has made a startling discovery; in his efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of others he himself is leaving a sizeable carbon footprint. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
2 March 1.30pm	FINDING MOONSHINE: A MATHEMATICIAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH SYMMETRY	Marcus du Sautoy	Komedia, Brighton
Marcus du Sautoy says, ‘Symmetry is all around us. The unique, all-pervasive phenomenon indicates a dynamic relationship between objects. In chemistry and physics the concept of symmetry explains the structure of crystals or the theory of fundamental particles; in evolutionary biology, the natural world exploits symmetry in the fight for survival. Symmetry—and the breaking of it—are central to ideas in art, architecture, and music. This talk takes a unique look into the mathematical mind as I explore deep conjectures about symmetry. These conjectures have culminated in the most exciting discovery to date—the summit of mathematicians’ mastery in the field—the Monster, a huge snowflake that lives in 196,883-dimensional space with more symmetries than there are atoms in the sun. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
2 March 4.30pm	PANICOLOGY	Hugh Aldersley-Williams	Komedia, Brighton
The papers all try to scare us with science. The question is not why does the media do this, but why do we enjoy it so. Some of the most prominent stories of recent years - from bird flu to sea level rises, and MMR to GM crops - reveal the devious tricks of the trade used to make us read and believe. Understand these, and you go equipped to deal with the modern world of scientists seeking their sound-bites and a media keener to terrify than inform their readers. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
2 March 6.00pm	THE SECRET LIFE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM	Richard Fortey	Komedia, Brighton
Behind the public façade of any great museum there lies a secret domain, of unseen galleries, locked doors, priceless specimens and hidden lives. Here Richard Fortey, former senior palaeontologist at London's Natural History Museum, gives us sparkling tales of the feuds, affairs, scandals and skullduggery that have punctuated the Museum's long history. Tickets £6 on the door, but advance booking advisable (44 Gardner Street, Brighton). See www.brightonscience.com for more details.
29 March 1.30pm	IS THERE LIFE AFTER DEATH?	Tony Peake	Helsby Library, Cheshire
Talk by the author of the book Is There Life After Death? which looks at a remarkable scientific theory that may mean that we all continue to live after our physical deaths.
2 May 2008	HORRIBLE SCIENCE SHOW	Nick Arnold	Shrewsbury Book Festival
The author of the Horrible Science books brings his unique show to the festival. More details nearer the date.

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