Events: detail
Science and the Media - can we trust TV?
- Hosted by:
- The Skeptic Magazine
- Speaker:
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Dr Simon Singh
- Starts:
- April 01, 2008 at 07:00 pm
- Ends:
- April 01, 2008 at 10:00 pm
- Location:
- The Penderel's Oak, (The Cellar Bar), 283 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7HP United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
Simon Singh is best known as the author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book and Big Bang.
His next book is published in April – Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial .
TV producers have to entertain, inform and grab large audiences in an
increasingly competitive media market. How do they balance accuracy with excitement?
Simon Singh discusses various science documentaries and gives
his opinion on where things went right, and where they went horribly wrong.
After completing a PhD in particle physics, Simon Singh joined the BBC and worked as a director and producer on programmes such as Tomorrow’s World and Horizon.
He has also presented programmes on Radio 4, BBC4 and Channel 4.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
A £2 donation is requested to cover the guest speaker’s travelling expenses and sundries.
Skeptics in the Pub meets (usually) on the third Tuesday of every month starting at 7pm at The Penderel’s Oak, Holborn. Non-skeptics are welcome. Turn up at any time during the evening. The room is open from about 5.30pm.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Sid Rodrigues
- Phone:
- 020 8943 7540
- Email:
- pub [ at ] skeptic.org.uk
- Website:
- Science and the Media - can we trust TV?
