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in 2006!
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THURSDAY: SCIENCE FICTION ETC
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Send In the Idiots
Jubilee Library - Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE
Kamran Nazeer relates the lives of twelve autistic classmates and friends.
6.00 pm
tickets £4.50 / £2
Kamran looks sympathetically at a condition which many people live with today: When he was four years old, Kamran was enrolled in a small school alongside a dozen other children diagnosed with autism. Calling themselves the Idiots, these kids received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. What happened to them then?
The Science of Middle Earth
Jubilee Library - Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE
The surprising link between Tolkein and Einstein.
6.00 pm
tickets £4.50 / £2
Dr Henry Gee is a Senior Editor of Nature magazine. His talk is an ingenious exploration of how cutting edge science can be used to explain the wizardry in Tolkien's epic, The Lord of the Rings. In this journey into the heart of Tolkien's craft, Henry Gee gives a fascinating initiation into some of the most exciting developments in science and technology today, such as quantum entanglement, the genetics of bioluminescence, alternate dimensions and rare-earth elements.
The Science of Discworld
Jubilee Library - Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE
Jack Cohen's hilarious analysis of Terry Pratchett's topsy-turvy universe.
7.15 pm
tickets £4.50 / £2
Discworld science is topsy-turvy, but it works. From time-travel to philosophical dilemmas, quantum physics to the 'cause and effect' effect, Cohen entertainingly turns the latest scientific research into an easy-to-understand, hilarious journey through the development of the planet Earth and the human race. An entertaining and approachable blend of science fact and fiction.
"The hard science is as gripping as the fiction" The Times
Rhythms of Life
Jubilee Library - Jubilee Street, BN1 1GE
The wonders of our internal clock.
7.15pm
tickets £4.50 / £2
A talk about the internal clocks which keep our sense of time. Circadian rhythms are synchronized to the daily cycle of the Sun. These rhythms have a profound effect on our bodies and moods and help determine when and how we think; eat; sleep; drink and deal with infections and illnesses.
