Science gets spookier

11:00am Thursday 1st November 2012 in News

Maya Herbolzheimer – pictured with Brian Macken Maya Herbolzheimer – pictured with Brian Macken

HOCUS Pocus! Science Oxford boffins served up some spooky chemistry with a Halloween theme.

A play about a magician helping an apprentice brush up on her spells was the perfect excuse for lots of puffs of smoke and bangs at yesterday’s event.

Maya Herbolzheimer – with Brian Macken – a projects officer at the London Place learning centre, said: “It is a bit of fun but it used science demonstrations to give it a bit of an education factor.”

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Comments(2)

Christine Hovis says...
4:39pm Thu 1 Nov 12

I know that journalists like the world to conform to happy stereotypes: but surely Oxford is one city that can sustain talking about scientists without calling them "boffins".

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Darkforbid says...
6:59pm Fri 2 Nov 12

It's a Halloween,,,, boffins love Halloween!

I don't get you? Whats wrong,,, Is it a scientists deserve respect, type of thing?

Maybe your right,,, after all science is never been used for evil, or anything!

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