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Martin Robbins
Tuesday 27 November 2012, 19:00-21:00
Bad Science in the Developing World
- đ¤ Speaker: Martin Robbins
- đ Date & Time: Tuesday 27 November 2012, 19:00 - 21:00
- đ Venue: The Maypole
Abstract
Martin Robbins, of the Guardian’s Lay Science blog, reports on dangerous pseudo-medical practices outside the Western world, from homeopaths in East Africa to flat earthers and anti-vaccine campaigns in Nigeria.
As part of this talk, Martin will be showing video clips of his recent visits to homeopathic projects in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, shot for a film he is making with Michael Story, with support from the Wellcome Trust.
Martin Robbins is a writer, podcaster and journalist covering science, pseudoscience and evidence-based politics. Besides the Guardian, he has written for the Times, the Telegraph, the Independent and New Scientist. He also hosts the Strange Quarks podcast with Michael Marshall.
Series This talk is part of the Skeptics in the Pub series.
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