author talk: The Importance Of Being Interested by Robin Ince
Saturday 6th November
in the shop - 2pm - author talk - free entry
Limited tickets available for this. Please register here via Eventbrite if you wish to attend If you can no longer attend, please return your ticket so someone else can enjoy the talk!
Join Robin Ince in the shop as part of his 100 Bookshops Tour (undertaken on public transport!) celebrating the publication of his new book The Importance Of Being Interested: Adventures In Scientific Curiosity
Comedian Robin Ince quickly abandoned science at school, bored by a fog of dull lessons and intimidated by the barrage of equations. But, 20yrs later, he fell in love and he now presents one of the world's most popular science podcasts. Every year he meets hundreds of the world's greatest thinkers. In his erudite and witty book, Robin reveals why scientific wonder isn't just for the professionals. The Importance of Being Interested explores why many wrongly think of the discipline as distant and difficult. From the glorious appeal of the stars above to why scientific curiosity can encourage much needed intellectual humility, his optimistic and profound book will leave you filled with a thirst for intellectual adventure.
Robin Ince is the co-creator and presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage, which has won multiple awards include the Sony Gold and Rose d'Or. In 2019 he played to over a quarter of a million people with Brian Cox on their world tour which has put them in the Guinness Book of Records for the most tickets sold for a science show. He is author of I'm a Joke and So Are You and also won Celebrity Mastermind but forgot that calcium was the dominant element of chalk. He is currently trying to invent an effective satnav for people who believe the world is flat.
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