Deviant Adventures - Another Evening of Unnecessary Detail

It doesn't happen very often when you can find something geeky, scientific and thrilling at the same time. Even in Cambridge! But here it comes! (Thanks again to Janek for reminding me it was coming up again!)

Once again, in a schedule of Cambridge Science Festival (which takes place from 12 - 25 March 2017). A number of us went to the event last year and it was thoroughly entertaining and looking forward to what is in store this year :)

"An Evening of Unnecessary Detail is, in short, an event where 80% of the words in the title start with a vowel and of the 16 unique letters in the title, 31.25% of them are used more than once. It’s also an event hosted by Steve Mould and Helen Arney (Festival of the Spoken Nerd) where enthusiasts, scientists, miscellaneous experts and comedians to talk about whatever they want.

Guests include:

• Helen Scales – talking fish & stuff
• Francesca Day – talking theoretical physics & stuff
• Kat Arney – talking genetics & stuff
• Katie Steckles – talking maths & stuff
• And your hosts Helen Arney and Steve Mould, talking about The Element In The Room.

Festival of the Spoken Nerd is the science comedy phenomenon that will tickle your ribs and light your Bunsen burner. Together, experiments maestro Steve Mould, geek songstress Helen Arney and stand-up mathematician Matt Parker have been featured on Qi, created a genuinely “experimental” comedy show for BBC Radio 4, played the Hammersmith Apollo with Professor Brian Cox and toured their latest show to the Edinburgh Fringe and an audience of 15 kilo-people around the UK. They have also created “An Evening Of Unnecessary Detail” which is, exactly as the title suggests, full of enthusiasts, scientists, miscellaneous experts and comedians talking in unnecessary detail about whatever they want."

What? An Evening of Unnecessary Detail

When? Saturday March 17th

Time? Starts at 7pm but we shall be there a little bit earlier

Where? Babbage Lecture Theatre, New Museums Site Downing Street, CB2 3RS

How much? The tickets are £10 and can be obtained here: https://www.cambridgelivetrust.co.uk/tickets/events/another-evening-unnecessary-detail We will meet together at the venue entrance. We also have the tabletop in the afternoon so hopefully some of us will all travel down together. Hopefully afterwards we can go for a drink at a pub nearby :)

More info:

http://festivalofthespokennerd.com

http://www.sciencefestival.cam.ac.uk/events/evening-unnecessary-detail

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