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Cheltenham Science Festival, Our Annual Celebration of How the World Works and How Science Helps Us to Understand It Science 15 Final Pages FINAL FINAL_Layout 1 19/03/2015 10:12 Page 1 BACK TO THE COMPATABILITY GENE FUTURE AT 30 ANTIBIOTICS MATHS OF LOVE EBOLA TIME TRAVEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE LIFE SCIENCE FICTION STEVE BACKSHALL & THE FUTURE HACKING BACK TO CLIMATE CHANGE THE FUTURE SIX DAYS. INTERNET INFINITE OF THINGS MASS EXTINCTIONS CURIOSITY. EINSTEIN DINOSAURS GRAVITY ALICE ROBERTS THE UNIVERSE DINOSAUR WARS GRAPHENE EVOLUTION WHAT DO DINOSAURS LOOK LIKE? BRIAN COX ROSETTA Science 15 Final Pages FINAL FINAL_Layout 1 19/03/2015 10:12 Page 2 Science 15 Final Pages FINAL FINAL_Layout 1 19/03/2015 10:12 Page 3 BOX OFFICE 0844 880 8094 THANK YOU TO OUR PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS CHELTENHAMFESTIVALS.COM/SCIENCE WELCOME Title Partner In Association with A warm welcome to The Times Cheltenham Science Festival, our annual celebration of how the world works and how science helps us to understand it. Over the course of six days, we hope to inspire, challenge, surprise and entertain you in equal measure. Join us as we showcase ground-breaking research, debate the big questions and introduce you to some of the world’s greatest thinkers. Principal Partners At this year’s Festival, we explore all things dinosaur – from the mass extinction event that caused their demise and the people who hunt their bones, to how our image of them has changed as research uncovers new and fascinating characteristics – feathers, speed, colours. The centrepiece of our DinoZone will be the 7.4m long skeleton of a Gorgosaurus! STEVE BACKSHALL: And we’re travelling ‘back to the future’ to talk about the film’s GUEST DIRECTOR 30th anniversary: we’ll be looking at time travel, why we don’t have flying cars and what science fiction says about the time we live in. We’ve even flown in a DeLorean for a bit of fun! Never shy of a challenge, we explore life and the universe… Major Partners from antibiotics and childhood bullying to multiverses, MRI scans, quantum technology and Mars – we’re tackling it. At this year’s Festival we have more free and amazing interactive zones than ever before. Tour Doc Brown’s Invention Lab in the Discover Zone, lock eyes with a Triceratops in the DinoZone, fly a plane in the GE Pavilion, land on Mars in the Siemens Curiosity Zone, enjoy a glass of wine and some debate in the University of Warwick What If? Zone and get up close and personal with BBC presenters in the BBC Science Zone. “A brilliant opportunity Of course, none of this would be possible without the generous Messier-Bugatti-Dowty to explore everything support and dedication of our partners, especially The Times from giant telescopes and EDF Energy, our speakers and our army of volunteers. FameLab Partner to dinosaurs” From the under 5s to over 95s, we look forward to welcoming Steve Backshall you. No science qualifications required – all you need to bring is your curiosity. Back by popular demand! Guest Director Steve The Science Festival team Festival Partners Backshall wows us with more amazing animal stories, and talks about extreme adventures with an LOOK OUT FOR OUR BIG TOPICS! alpine climber. And he’s also joining in with the fun in the Variety Night event. We’re so pleased to welcome such BACK DINOSAURS TO THE LIFE a committed Guest Director THE FUTURE back to the Festival. 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Science 15 Final Pages FINAL FINAL_Layout 1 19/03/2015 10:13 Page 6 Science 15 Final Pages FINAL FINAL_Layout 1 19/03/2015 10:13 Page 7 BOX OFFICE 0844 880 8094 FESTIVAL MAP & FREE ACTIVITIES 6/7 CHELTENHAMFESTIVALS.COM/SCIENCE GE PAVILION DISCOVER ZONE THE GENETICS OF BEING SOCIAL Free interactive zone Free interactive zone Free activity Suitable for all ages Suitable for all ages Town Hall Open daily 10am-6pm Open daily 10am-5pm Daily, over 18s only Late opening Wed 3 & Fri 5 June, till 8.15pm Late opening for adults Fri 5 June, 8-10pm Are you a social butterfly or a wall flower? See page 13 for details See page 8 for details Take part in the University of Oxford’s research IMPERIAL SQUARE exploring the genetics of being social. [GE logo] CHELTENHAM LADIES’ COLLEGE Messier-Bugatti-Dowty PARABOLA ARTS CENTRE KITCHENS DANCE STUDIO TOWN HALL THE TIMES SCIENCE HUB UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK DINOZONE Relax in The Times Café and take part in WHAT IF? 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