It's Not Rocket Science
Ben Miller
- When?
- Friday 19 October 2012, 19:00
- Where?
- School of Management Lecture Theatre
- Open to:
- Public, Staff, Students
- Admission price:
- £8, £5 students and concessions
- Admission information:
- Available from Guildford Book Festival Box Offices: 01483 444789 / 444334 www.guildfordbookfestival.co.uk
This is definitely the year of the particle physicist: the momentous announcement of the Higgs Boson from CERN... and comedian Ben Miller returns to his scientific roots.
Ben was working on his PhD (Novel quantum effects in quasi-zero-dimensional electron systems) when he left Cambridge to pursue a career in comedy. He is now half of the highly popular TV comedy duo, Armstrong & Miller, and a successful actor, but has always maintained a passionate interest in science, and contributes a regular column in Eureka, The Times’s science magazine.
It’s Not Rocket Science is an engaging and accessible look at science’s ‘best bits’: black holes, global warming, the Hadron Collider, possibly even a little rocket science. Whether your own involvement in science stopped short of dissecting a frog in the classroom or you are currently fervently studying, Ben Miller’s infectious enthusiasm and broad-ranging topics cannot fail to fascinate.
