{"id":150,"date":"2010-06-21T01:11:50","date_gmt":"2010-06-21T01:11:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/06\/21\/science_the_importance_of_cheese\/"},"modified":"2013-04-24T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T14:40:29","slug":"science_the_importance_of_cheese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occamstypewriter.org\/scurry\/2010\/06\/21\/science_the_importance_of_cheese\/","title":{"rendered":"Science and the importance of cheese"},"content":{"rendered":"

Week two of “I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here!”<\/a> is now upon me. This week the evictions start, so the competition is hotting up.<\/p>\n

I had meant to get around to writing a blog-post about week one, but I have been preoccupied with more pressing matters – like getting ready for week two. I hope to serve up a digest of my experiences of this public engagement once the hurly burly of the week is over. In the meantime, you can sample a couple of very thoughtful reflections on the competition so far, one from Tom Hartley<\/a> (who is in the same zone as me) and one from Andrew Maynard<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The prize for the scientist in each zone who is left standing on Friday next is \u00a3500 to spend on a science communication project. My idea — not so very original — is to make a video about the reality of science. I’d like to show the ordinary side of scientific endeavour and hopefully go some way to re-assuring school children that you don’t<\/em> have to be a genius to do science.<\/p>\n

So, as my secret weapon for week two, and since it was Father’s day yesterday, I spent the day in South Kensington with my three children shooting the trailer<\/em> to the film that I would like to make.<\/p>\n

And I present it here for your consideration. I hope you might be able to tell that we had enormous fun doing it. Best Father’s day I’ve had in many a long year.<\/p>\n

And what has this got to do with cheese? Well, you’ll have to watch to find out.<\/p>\n