Does fiction portray scientists and science accurately? Are scientists, in reality, merely boring academics or are they more akin to the creative – or sometimes crazed - geniuses frequently represented in the pages of novels?

This great TEDxUniversityofBolton talk by Dr Rebecca Nesbit provides an insight into the scientist’s perspective of fiction.

Dr Rebecca Nesbit is Scientific Programme Manager in Nobel Media. She works on events around the world bringing Nobel Laureates closer to young scientists and the wider public. Her role involves communications, social media, event management and building international relationships with sponsors and universities.

She is fortunate to work on the Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative (www.nobelprizeii.org) and Nobel Week Dialogue (www.nobelweekdialogue.org). Dr Nesbit studied butterfly migration for her PhD, based at Rothamsted Research, then trained honeybees to detect explosives.

She writes fiction and blogs about science and art. More information about her interests in science and art can be found on her website: http://rebeccanesbit.com. She tweets as @RebeccaNesbit.


This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx