Science week plan

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I intend to be at the following things during science "week".

NB: Several of these things require booking, and a few cost money. Check the listed web page before you turn up.



Tuesday 13th
Eruptions that shook the world
6pm, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=7bddc230-f9f8-449a-9b2b-0de4c5533279&date=2012-03-13

Flipnosis - the art of split second persuasion
8pm, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=520948a0-d1ed-471a-aee2-415115985ce0&date=2012-03-13

Friday 16th
On the shoulders of Eastern giants: the forgotten contribution of medieval physicists
5pm, Babbage
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=f45280ad-c68c-422c-b8d7-2081dfd0fbfe&date=2012-03-16

possibly also:
The sounds of the Universe
7.30pm, Babbage
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=fca5372a-8bcd-4396-aeb9-5439e694e6db&date=2012-03-16

Saturday 17th
Randomly wandering around during the day, followed by:
Robin Ince in conversation with Alan Moore
4pm, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=8fbb33c3-0c5b-4cc8-943b-26558a5de3d6&date=2012-03-17

Festival of the spoken nerd: breaking boundaries
7.30pm, University Centre
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=0df31111-f4e4-4288-bf29-f2bf513e56bc&date=2012-03-17

Sunday 18th
I'm spending the morning/early afternoon (probably about 11-1?) on work's stand, come and say hi:
Biology Zone, Old Examination Hall
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=8edae467-7a5d-40c7-bf74-f3bf358a2348&date=2012-03-17

Tuesday 20th
possibly:
Light, clocks and sleep: the discovery of a new photoreceptor within the eye
6pm, Babbage
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=81d1f589-e167-4997-96fe-557cc1c1db23&date=2012-03-20

The late night lab
7.30pm, The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=d307be36-e2d4-4c72-95f0-ca4896dbb08a&date=2012-03-20

Wednesday 21st
Great discoveries in medicine
6pm, Mill Lane Lecture Rooms
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=f4b86377-3ac0-4452-806a-49107a5211c6&date=2012-03-21

Thursday 22nd
possibly:
Extreme science: Scott’s British Antarctic Expedition
7pm, Scott Polar Research Institute
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=184dbdb9-52e3-4b2d-adba-b7a6cdd77a0c&date=2012-03-22

possibly:
Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher
8pm, Babbage
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=022e04ab-38b0-477e-b7c1-bc54a43d00ce&date=2012-03-22

Saturday 24th
Wandering around West Cambridge, probably mostly the Institute for Manufacturing, including:
The importance of making mistakes
2.30, Institute for Manufacturing
http://www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival/events/?uid=afb38705-3795-44a1-b328-48e92b4e2d77&date=2012-03-24


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