Win Science Ctr - Skeptics: A Storm in a Tea Cup

PLEASE NOTE THIS TALK IS AT THE WINCHESTER SCIENCE CENTRE

Tonight's talk by the Winchester Skeptics is titled "Storm in a Teacup" and is led by the New Scientist science writer Helen Czerski.  

The Science Centre will be open from 7.00pm. The talks for Winchester Skeptics in the Pub start at 7.30pm in the planetarium theatre. There is usually a £3 fee including entry into a book raffle to cover speakers expenses and venue hire that is collected at the door.

Speaker:  Helen Czerski

What's the talk about?

What is it that helps both scorpions and cyclists to survive? What do raw eggs and gyroscopes have in common? And why does it matter? In an age of string theory, fluid dynamics and biophysics, it can seem as if the science of our world is only for specialists and academics. 

Not so, insists Helen Czerski – and in this sparkling new book she explores the patterns and connections that illustrate the grandest theories in the smallest everyday objects and experiences. Linking what makes popcorn pop to Antarctic winds, coffee stains to blood tests or ketchup bottles to aliens in space, every thread you pull in the fabric of everyday life shows you something new about the intricate patterns of our world. Read "Storm in a Teacup" and you will see and understand the world as you never did before.

Helen was born in Manchester (UK), to parents who were both inquisitive about the world and encouraged Helen and her sister to find out about the world for themselves. In her teenage years, when the questions got too much, Helen’s mum frequently said 'I don’t know. You go and get a university education and then come back and tell me'. So she did. Churchill College, Cambridge, was her home for eight years, and now she knows the answer to at least some of those questions.

Sports have played a large part in Helen’s life, and she’s always happy to learn new ones. Current favourites are badminton, running and swimming, with sailing and diving thrown in when she gets the chance.

Hosted by:  Winchester Skeptics in the Pub