Talks & Lectures

The World's Most Improbable Event with Marc Abrahams

Sun 30 Sep 2012, 14.00

Conway Hall & Little Atoms present...

The World's Most Improbable Event

with the Father of the IgNobel Prizes, Marc Abrahams

Expect a plethora of scientists, researchers, journalists and communicators explaining research on; why books on ethics are more likely to get stolen, what time of month generates higher tips for Las Vegas lap dancers, stories of how mice were outfitted with parachutes to find a better way to murder tree snakes in Guam, and Other WTF Research.

Confirmed speakers include:

Nick Doody: Stand up Comedian and The Atheist's Guide to Chrismas contributor

Michael Brooks: Science Writer and Author of Free Radicals

Helen Arney:Science Songtress

Chloe Kembery:  Natural Historian (NHM)

Timandra Harkness: Mathematician and science communicator

Gemma Arrowsmith: actress and writer

Dr Helen Scales: Marine Biologist

Mo Costandi: Writer of Neurophilosophy for the Guardian

Alom Shaha: Physics teacher and author of The Young Atheist's Handbook

Simon Ings: Novelist and science author

Neil Denny: Radio show producer and Winston Churchill Memorial Travelling Fellow

Alice Bell: Science lecturer and communicator extraordinaire

Steve Colgan:  QI contributor and Ex-Met Police constable and 'critical thinking Ninja'

Dr Stuart Clark: Science writer and novelist

Iszi Lawrence: Comedian and writer

Dan Schreiber:  Ex-QI Elf and Producer of  BBC R4 The Museum of Curiosity

Helen Zaltzman: Writer, speaker, autodidact

Aarathi Prasad: Scientist and author

Helen Keen:  Radio presenter and astro-tainer, and more who will probably turn up on the day.

Marc Abrahams is the editor of the parody magazine Annals of Improbable Research and the founder of the Ig Nobel Prizes, which honour bizarre, questionable, and downright funny scientific research and are presented at an annual ceremony at Harvard University. He has written for the Guardian, the New York Times, New Scientist, Scientific American, and newspapers and TV programmes internationally. 

Follow him on twitter @MarcAbrahams 

14.00; £10, £7 concs and members