Humans V Nature: Engineering FTW

Thursday 27 September, 7.30pm until 9.30pm, The Phoenix in Cavendish Square, 37 Cavendish Square, London, W1G 0PP

Gadgets and old school mechanics celebrating the triumph of engineering over pesky nature: darkness, disease, gravity…

Straight from the Edinburgh Fringe, Matt Parker and Timandra Harkness, the team behind hit show Your Days Are Numbered: Maths of Death (‘a genuinely fun, thought-provoking hour’, Chortle.co.uk) are back in London and taking on the world of engineering.

Their last show drew sell-out crowds, debunking dodgy stats, media scares and overblown health panics. Now they’re back to give the same irreverent treatment to Mother Nature and the mean tricks she pulls to try and keep humans in their place: the cave. See how engineering helps humanity defy nature and beat boredom into submission. Also: robots!

★★★★ “technical wizardry, nerdy pilgrimages and fun facts” - SGFringe

Supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering

£7/£5 concessions

Tickets at: http://humansvnature.eventbrite.co.uk/

http://www.humansvnature.com/

Speakers
Timandra Harkness
journalist, writer & broadcaster; presenter, Futureproofing and other BBC Radio 4 programmes; author, Big Data: does size matter?

Matt Parker
stand-up mathematician

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