“Lichtspiele” (light games) is this year’s motto to the science festival organised by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research [BMBF], the German Physics Society [DPG], and the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany.
The Zurich Science Days “Scientifica15″ will take place from 4-6 September 2015.
Science takes centre stage at HowTheLightGetsIn, the world’s largest philosophy and music festival, this May. Bringing together world-leading scientists, artists, philosophers and politicians including Roger Penrose, Laura Mersini-Houghton, Lawrence Krauss, John Ellis, Paul Krugman, Simon Baron-Cohen, George Ellis, John Searle, Tariq Ali and Lianne La Havas, for debates, talks and wild parties, this year’s programme examines the elements of reality that might soon turn out to be illusions.
The Festival of Science is the day when the Bauman Moscow State Technical University [BMSTU] opens it doors to numerous curious visitors and welcomes school children, high school graduates, and first-year university students.
BMSTU organised its second Festival of Science at the end of 2012. Every department of the university displayed information describing the research and education in science. Participants could also attend a variety of master classes, lectures, seminars and reports on different scientific topics, presented by senior students, postgraduates and…