The Royal Society’s 2009 Summer Science Exhibition
30 June 2009
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If you’re in central London tonight, or during the day this week, you should find a few moments to stop by The Royal Society. The national academy of science of the UK and the Commonwealth is staging their Summer Science Exhibition. Not only are they putting on a week of exhibits from the cutting edge of science but also featuring involved scientists themselves for you to ask questions of.
What a cool opportunity. This is a direct public-engagement event. You can look at items and exhibits and models lots of places, but how often do you get a chance to ask questions of a real, live scientist? There’s a list of exhibits here, along with writeups that indicate which ones might be good for kids.
From their site:
We’ve got over 20 fascinating, diverse and interactive exhibits. Fields of study range from how fluorescent fish could provide better understanding of human diseases, to a chewing robot that can help us develop dental technology, to how new space missions could help to unlock the history of the universe.
There’s also a good writeup at Nature Network’s London blog about the exhibition.
You can find info on how to get there and what their hours are here.
Hey Tim
It was great meeting you yest…I went to the Summer Science Exhibition on Sat…and must agree it was great