Thank you to the staff and students of Parmiter’s School in Garston for their warm hospitality on Friday 12 March. After delivering a talk to 300 students, Robert was presented with a wonderful cheque for the Genesis Research Trust – thank you for all your fundraising efforts! To round the day off he was given honorary membership of the school’s STEM-EAST Club and presented with his very own lab coat to mark the occasion. To find out more, visit the school’s website.
Blog Archives
Science Live!
Robert is a regular speaker at Science Live! around the country. Science Live! is a series of annual events for GCSE Science students at venues across the UK.
This year he is speaking at the following venues:
GCSE
Oxford – Wednesday 20 January 2016: New Theatre
Manchester – Monday 25 January 2016: Opera House
London – Friday 29 January 2016:
Sheffield – Tuesday 2 February 2016:
London – Friday 26 February 2016: Dominion Theatre & Apollo Victoria
Birmingham – Monday 29 February 2016: at Symphony Hall and New Alexandra Theatre
Leeds – Wednesday 2 March 2016: Town Hall
Glasgow – Tuesday 22 March 2016: Pavilion Theatre
A Level
Wednesday 27 January 2016: Town Hall, Birmingham
Thursday 4 February 2016: Phoenix Theatre, London
To find out more, visit the Science Live! website.
Godolphin & Latymer Annual Lecture
Robert will be delivering a lecture as part of Godolphin & Latymer School’s Public Lecture Series on Tuesday 24 November at 7.30pm in West London. To find out more, please visit the school’s website.
Utterly Amazing Science Wins Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize
We were delighted to hear that Utterly Amazing Science has won this year’s Royal Society Young People’s Book Prize. The result was announced at an awards ceremony at the Eden Project in Cornwall on 16 November 2015.
The winner was chosen by over 1,500 young people in judging panels around the country and the Prize was presented at a prestigious award ceremony at the Eden Project in Cornwall.
The young judges said:
Destiny, 10
“This book is full of very cool facts and popups.”
Asma, 12
“This book is scientifically awesome! Even my 15 year-old sister liked it!”
Meg, 9
“What a brilliant book, I’m definitely going to read it all.”
Adam, 11
“Creative, imaginative, fact-filled and fun.”
Matthew, 12
“An utterly amazing book, with fun radiating from it! Every page is a new adventure.”
Chrystabelle, 12
“This book is an absolute winner. I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover as it’s well written yet easy to read, colourful and full of interesting information.”
Mariusz, 12,
“It wants me to go and do science! And the pop-ups are great too.”
Yeovil Literary Festival – 1 November 2015
Robert will be speaking at the Octagon Theatre in Yeovil as part of the Yeovil Literary Festival on Sunday 1 November 2015. He will be speaking on What Makes Us Happy: Reading the Human Mind. To find out more information and to buy tickets, please visit the Festival website.
Theatre Tour: What Makes Us Happy?
Robert will be speaking at various theatres around the country over the coming months on “What Makes Us Happy?”
What led to French philosopher Michel de Montaigne thanking fortune for the pain he suffered? Or why did Mahler apparently stop composing after his meeting in Holland with Sigmund Freud? Why was Alfred J Prufrock in T S Eliot’s poem so chronically depressed and suffering so much lack of self-esteem? Shall we ever really understand what makes us happy?
To some extent, the ability to be happy is inherited, but social scientists have emphasized that various environmental influences – health, a stable society, economic advantages, play a major role. Professor Winston examines the role of brain imaging, hormone study, sexuality, child development, pharmacology and psychological research in understanding how science may help us be happier. Happy people tend to live longer, and recent research suggests we tend to get happier as we get older. Is this simply because we become more forgetful? Can we make ourselves happier and if so, will knowledge of brain function and how we might manipulate it give us more fulfilled lives?
So far, the following venues have been confirmed:
New Elgiva Theatre, Chesham 27 September – SOLD OUT
Windsor, Theatre Royal – 30 September 2015
Harlequin Theatre, Reigate – Thursday 8 October
Chequer Mead Theatre, East Grinstead – Thursday 22 October
Colchester Mercury Theatre – Tuesday 3 November
To view further details and buy tickets, please click on the venue to be taken to the theatre’s website.
Theatre Royal, Windsor
Robert will be speaking on ‘What Makes Us Happy?’ at the Theatre Royal, Windsor on Wednesday 30 September 2015. To find out more details and to purchase tickets, please visit the theatre’s website.
The Elgiva Theatre, Chesham
Robert will be speaking at the Elgiva Theatre, Chesham on Sunday 27 September at 3pm on “What Makes Us Happy?: Reading the Human Mind”. To find out more and to buy tickets, visit the Theatre’s website.
Tonbridge School, 8 September 2015
Robert will be delivering a talk entitled ‘How Does Anyone Ever Get Pregnant?’ at Tonbridge School on Tuesday 8 September at 7pm. The evening has been organised by Judd student Felicity Crawshay-Williams and will raise money for the Genesis Research Trust and the maths educational website examsolutions.net.
Tickets are priced at £6 and can be bought here.
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Robert will be talking about his latest book for young readers, Utterly Amazing Human Body at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Monday 31 August at 3.45pm. Come and learn all about your amazing body, from all its major organs to the bulging brilliance of its brain, in what promises to be a fun and accessible insight into your biology. Click here for tickets.