Catalyst Club in Association with Brighton Science Festival

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The Royal Society was founded 350 years ago; its mission was to remove superstition and muddled thinking. As we know, it has been only partially successful.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
We are right to celebrate Isaac Newton, one of the founders of the Royal Society. we are wrong not to celebrate his rival Robert Hooke, a genius unjustly left in the footnotes of the Royal Society. Steve Inwood catalogues his achievements.
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The Flat Earth Society
Two thousand years ago, everyone thought the world was flat. Then science taught us not to be so silly. But the flat-earthist never quite went away. Richard Robinson tells the gory story.
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Has Joni Mitchell Gone Mad?
Joni Mitchell has Morgellon’s Disease which causes your skin to burn and itch. How do you catch it? By reading about it on the internet. Michael Brooks, New Scientist writer, explores this and other baffling medical phenomena.
Doors 7.30pm £6