Past Imperfect, Future Fantastic

TV presenter Johnny Ball has been talking to audiences about maths and science for more than 30 years.

His talks look at the history of science - how and why people of genius like Einstein, Sir Isaac Newton, Nikola Tesla and Archimedes made their most famous discoveries - as well as taking a glimpse at the present and future world of science.

In Isaac Newton’s day there were just a handful of genii. Today there are thousands in every field of science and technology - and potentially many thousands more amongst today’s school children.

'Past Imperfect, Future Fantastic' focuses on the positive future which awaits current scientists and the next generation of scientists.

Today, young and old are constantly fed doom and gloom stories of how man is damaging the earth. This tends to breed fear rather than convey knowledge or paint a true picture of how things really are.

We are an enormous weight on the earth; that cannot be denied. Yet there are so many instances of how we are improving every aspect of our impact on and our care for the earth and everything in it.

All the great scientific names of the past were both confident and optimistic about our future and in his talk Johnny will be conveying that optimism.

FREE EVENT

To book a place, email wsf@glyndwr.ac.uk or call 01978 293466