Daily events listings: Saturday 05 September
Tuesday 15 September 2009
The British Science Festival kicks off on Saturday 5 September at the University of Surrey and promises to be a fun packed day with talks, workshops, debates and discussions covering an array of fascinating topics.
Discover more about health with a nutritional MOT, learn about the future of sustainable mobility, hear about what you can do with an ion beam and explore the fascinating world of genes that shape the early embryo, together with their newly discovered role in cancer.
Following a fun packed day relax and enjoy a cinematic freak show, ‘Fleapit presents Bad Science: when evolution goes wrong’. Fleapit presents a five night tribute to the cultural institution that is the mad scientist.
For more information on the British Science Festival please visit:
http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/web/BritishScienceFestival/
Stories from across the digital divide
Foyer of Lecture Theatre Block, University of Surrey, 5-10 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm, free
Ancient genes and modern medicine
Guildford High Street, 5-6 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm, free
How clean is your hair?
Tunsgate Shopping Centre, Guildford, 5-6 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm, free
Microbes: invisible, influential and inspirational
Guildford High Street, 5-6 September, 10.00am – 4.00pm
The art of Dinosauroids
Lewis Elton Gallery, University of Surrey, 5-10 September, 10.00am – 5.00pm, free
Give yourself a nutritional MOT
Tunsgate Shopping Centre, Guildford, 5-10 September, 10.00am – 5.00pm, free
Particles in space: performing science tour
PATS building, University of Surrey, 11.00am, 11.15am, 11.30am, 11.45pm, 12.00pm, 12.15pm, 12.30pm, free but booking required
Time Machines
Duke of Kent Building, University of Surrey, 5-6 September, 11.00am – 4.00pm, free
The future of sustainable mobility: Hybrid or electric vehicles?
Lecture Theatre M, University of Surrey, 2.00pm – 4.00pm, £3
Fleapit presents Bad Science: what happens when evolution goes wrong
Duke of Kent building, 5-10 September, 7.00pm – 9.00pm, free
