Terry in Dublin in June - Sold Out

[Bouncy Castle]

http://sciencegallery.com/events/2012/0 ... jack-cohen

To celebrate the lesser known festival Ankh-Morpork City of Science 2012, Science Gallery will host a very special event with the author of the iconic Discworld series, Terry Pratchett. Joining him will be the co-authors of The Science of Discworld series, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen. The Science of Discworld series spans three books so far, each incorporating fictional stories from Pratchett's Discworld universe - which has a very different set of natural rules than our own - with serious scientific discussion.

Join us for a rare opportunity to discuss the origins of the universe and the beginnings of life (as well as its inevitable evolution) - all from a Discworld perspective - with the creator of Discworld and the scientists who brought it closer it to our reality. There will be a panel discussion with the authors, followed by a Q&A session where you will get to ask them about the physics of Unseen University, the evolution of The Librarian, and how this satirical fantasy universe has inspired three books on science.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Pity it's in Dublin though looks like it will be interesting, as the ones at the Discworldcon were when they did it there.

Just finished listening to the unabridged version audiobook for the 1st one, I actually preferred it to the book the equations sounded simpler.

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

They have put up a compyT for two free tickets, poor pip will miss it.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

PIP, PIP, PIP.

Terry's in Dublin on Monday!!

The above image is a poster for a public debate next Monday evening which is hosted by School of English, Trinity College Dublin, in association with Lively Conversation Debate Topics. On the night, staff and students of Trinity College Dublin will debate the motion

That This House Would See Unseen University Run by Witches

Ably Adjudicated by Professor Sir Terry Pratchett, OBE, Blackboard Monitor, the debate will be held at 6:30pm, next Monday, 12th November 2012, in Quek Hall, Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute, Pearse Street, Dublin 2.

There are 300 seats in the lecture theatre, and they will be filled on a first come, first seated, basis.

 

[pip]

Cheers for the heads up. I'll be nearby on monday anyway

 

[Bouncy Castle]

You can thank Twitter for that. I found it on there!!

 

[pip]

Wow something good from twitter

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Quite a few on Twitter pip its handy for flight updates etc.

 

[pip]

Or for the BNP to point out were to beat up gay couples

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

Never seen anything like that but I don't go searching for anything out of my interest zone.

 

[pip]

It was all over the news and the head nutter was arrested over it

 

[Dotsie]

Quite right too