Manchester Science Festival
manchester science festival annual science festival held october manchester england produced museum science industry run eleven day incorporating event across greater manchester family adult siemens festival’s headline sponsor since part curiosity project festival launched museum science industry visit festival manchester science festival england largest science festival manchester evening news describe festival “one fun thing happen region recent year taking practical science place never imagined possible city” year programme feature handson activity immersive experience exhibition talk tour event reflect festival ethos ‘part laboratory part playground’ aim bring science audience museum venue across greater manchester programme manchester science festival created produced collaboratively partner across north west year included university manchester manchester metropolitan university university salford chester zoo cancer research uk hackmanchester jodrell bank discovery centre manchester cathedral john rylands library manchester central library programme encourages audience actively participate science includes science busking activity since included museum science industry’s platform investigation pi pi sponsored siemens part museum’s monthly live event programme pi give audience opportunity meet scientist hear research whilst getting involved experiment activity exhibition feature festival programme including contemporary science exhibition museum science industry since cape farewell uk partnered festival commission exhibition inspired james lovelock’s gaia theory notable exhibition include marcus coates’ sound others tania kovats’ evaporation ninth annual science festival highlight included adult ball pool artist tania kovats premiering evaporation brian cox robin ince jon culshaw recording infinite monkey cage exhibition kinetic flux paul miller griet beyart twoday drone expo university salford’s andy miah manchester evening news wrote “the manchester science festival – supported siemens – give people chance get close handson thing loud lively explosive experimental” ball pool manchester evening news’ city life award special event category festival director marieke navin eighth manchester science festival showcased marcus coates’ exhibition sound others printing exhibition debate future fracking bez happy monday building mega menger website creative tourist wrote manchester science festival’s programme saying “the delight diversity diversion able wander according one’s fancy cartographer map book manchester open choose adventure” festival director marieke navin seventh year manchester science festival brought exhibition brain mind matter supporting event programme launched second citizen science project hooked music built giant rube goldberg machine festival also manchester tourism award large tourism event year festival director marieke navin manchester science festival involved two citizen science project since first turing sunflower hookedonmusic part festival programme since experiment conceived jonathan swinton led erinma ochu museum science industry said hope provide missing evidence test turing littleknown theory fibonacci number sunflower would fitting celebration work alan turing citizen scientist seven country participated growing sunflower conformed fibonacci sequence thereby proving alan turing theory launched manchester science festival ashley burgoyne university amsterdam audience encouraged play free online game produced result scientific research researcher looking hook music help future research alzheimers disease using catchy music researcher hope find way trigger therapeutic benefit patient result presented manchester science festival revealed uk top ten catchiest tune looking memorable part song number one catchiest song spice girl wannabe since siemens headline sponsor festival major sponsor include university salford electricity north west water corporation official website museum science industry website facebook page twitter account hookedonmusic turing’s sunflower