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Event type:

In person

Date & time:

02 Mar 2025, 19:00 – 22:00

Dr Rachel Williams | Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Evening of Unecessary Detail

Join us at the Festival of the Spoken Nerd and friends for an evening of science, songs, stand-up maths and more!

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Dr Rachel Williams | Festival of the Spoken Nerd: Evening of Unecessary Detail

02 Mar 2025, 19:00 – 22:00

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Rachel Williams is neuroscientist, comedian, and science communicator based at University College London’s Ear Institute.

Rachel will take a closer look at the 1980 Christmas lectures on "The Chicken, The Egg and the Molecules", hosted by David Chilton Phillips with Max Perutz, and delve into her current work researching the genetic causes of hearing loss in birds and mammals.

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Ticketing

Ticketed

Cost

Free

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All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

The Royal Institution

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