IOP South Central Branch November Talk
- When?
- Wednesday 21 November 2012, 19:00
- Where?
- Griffiths Lecture Theatre, Lecture Theatre Block
- Open to:
- Staff, Public, Students
- Speaker:
- Alok Jha, Guardian Science Correspondent
Is the end of the world really nigh?
From predictions of sin, fire and brimstone in ancient stories, to asteroids, viruses and climate change in films today, the human race has long speculated - and dramatized - about how it will all end. Yet no matter how creative our stories are, science, Alok Jha will tell us, offers us even weirder possibilities.
Alok Jha is a science correspondent for the Guardian newspaper, and presenter of their Science Weekly podcast. He graduated with a degree in physics from Imperial College, London. His talk will be based on his recent popular science book “The Doomsday Handbook: 50 Ways to the End of the World,” published by Quercus.
South Central Branch contact is Dr Paul Stevenson p.stevenson@surrey.ac.uk