Science-Friction-Fiction (Part 2)

Science Fact or Science Fiction - which is better? There’s only one way to find out… With imaginative experiments, peer-reviewed poetry, and ignited curiosity... The second of two evenings curated by Helen Keen, award-winning comedian and creator of BBC Radio 4’s fact-based hit space comedy It Is Rocket Science, with guests from the worlds of stand-up, sci fi and science. Speakers include... Sara Pascoe (TBC) – Comedian & actor – star of Stand Up For The Week, Campus, Twenty Twelve, Being Human. Leila Johnston - (TBC) Author, comedy writer, creator of Hack Circus magazine & events. Steve Cross - Comedian, UCL Head of Public Engagement, creator of Bright Club - a collection of comedy-club-style events in the United Kingdom and Australia promoting public engagement by scientists, academics and others with specialist knowledge, along with Science Showoff & Museum Showoff. Jon Chase (AKA Oort Kuiper) - Rapper and postgrad student and science communicator, commissioned by NASA to write an astrobiology rap. Prof Sophie Scott - Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, UCL Ali Sparkes – Science fiction author, winner of the Blue Peter Book of the Year for Frozen in Time – a tale of two cryogenically frozen children from the 1950s, brought back to life in 2009.

Source: http://www.culture24.org.uk//am23223?id=EVENT464125