The World’s Most Improbable Event with Marc Abrahams

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