Accidental: Unintentional science breakthroughs Tim James
Event details
We may imagine that science is a process of breakthroughs and light bulb moments. But in reality, science goes wrong 99 per cent of the time.
Almost every idea a scientist comes up with is quickly disproved by a failed experiment or rival research. Science moves at a rate of inches per decade and we often like it that way. But occasionally, just occasionally, a complete fluke happens and changes everything as we know it.
Join Tim James, author of Accidental, for a rip-roaring adventure through science gone wrong. From an untimely sneeze in a petri dish leading to the groundbreaking creation of antibiotics, to the incredible discovery of microwaves via melted chocolate, find out how scientists have accidentally changed humanity for the better.
This event will take place live on Zoom Webinar. You will receive a link to join a couple of days before the event and a reminder an hour before. During the event, you can ask questions via a Q&A function, but audience cameras and microphones will remain muted throughout.
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You can buy copies of many of our speakers’ books from Fox Lane Books, a local independent bookseller and Festival partner. In some cases, author signed bookplates are available too.
About the speaker
Tim James is the child of Welsh/English and Jamaican parents. He was raised in Nigeria, educated in England and lives in America where he is frequently mistaken for an Australian. He taught chemistry and physics for 11 years and now works full-time as an author and screenwriter. Sometimes he has a beard. His latest book is Accidental: The Greatest (Unintentional) Science Breakthroughs and How They Changed the World (Little, Brown).
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