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The British Science Festival is the largest and longest established annual public science event in Europe. It takes place from 4 to 10 September at the University of Surrey and across Guildford featuring around 200 events to choose from.  Over the years the Festival has played host to an array of extraordinary events.  Did you know that it was at our Festival that the word ‘scientist’ was coined and the first time the word ‘dinosaur’ was ever used? 

The Festival is as exciting today as it’s ever been, bringing you a whole host of household names including Horrible Science author Nick Arnold, award winning writers Bill Bryson and Simon Singh, crime novelists Val McDermid and Stuart MacBride, fertility expert Professor Robert Winston and celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson - to name just a few.  Check out the programme at www.britishsciencefestival.org