When?
Tuesday, November 24 at 6:30PM

Where?
The Maypole
20a Portugal Place
Cambridge
CB5 8AF

Who?
Simon Singh

What's the talk about?
Prince Charles is a staunch defender and millions of people swear by alternative medicine, but most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition and a waste of money. And whilst much of this ‘medicine’ is free on the NHS, does it really work and is it safe? Indeed, does it even matter as long as patients are satisfied with the end results?

Based on the conclusions of his book 'Trick or Treatment?' (co-authored with the world’s first professor of complementary medicine), Simon Singh will look at which alternative therapies are safe and effective, and which are useless and even downright dangerous. From acupuncture to homeopathy, from herbal medicine to Hopi ear candling, Singh will also look at the origins of these therapies, their rapid growth in popularity in the West and their supposed modes of action.

Simon Singh is the author of "Fermat's Last Theorem", "The Code Book" and "Big Bang". Before becoming a journalist, he was a TV director at the BBC, working on programmes such as "Tomorrow's World" and Horizon". He is currently being sued for libel by the British Chiropractic Association, a case that has been at the centre of Keep Libel Laws Out of Science Campaign. He will touch on issue of libel and talk generally about his own case during the launch of Skeptics in the Pub in Cambridge.

More Details:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=154381614820
http://cambridge.skepticsinthepub.org