Café Scientifique
Café Links
Duncan Dallas started it in Leeds in 1998: http://www.cafe-sci.org.uk/ The UK Café Scientifique network, with links to individual cities and much interesting information: http://www.cafescientifique.org/ /// North American Cafés Scientifique A new Café Sci has started in Palo Alto; Web site with typically Californian production values: http://www.cafescipa.org/ The New Scientist magazine has a Café Scientifique in Boston, and is working on establishing a network in the US. Useful tips on staring a Café, too: http://www.newscientist.com/hottopics/ cafescientifique/us.jsp There's a Café Sci in Pittsburgh: http://www.cafescipgh.org/ A Café opened in Bozeman Montana in September 2004: http://brin.montana.edu/index.php?id=11 Minneapolis has a new Café at the University's Bell Museum: https://events.tc.umn.edu/event.pl?oid=380080 There's a Café that started in October 2004 in Vancouver: http://www.cafesci-van.com/ Another Canadian Café is in London, Ontario, and run by The U. of Western Ontario: http://www.fmd.uwo.ca/cafescientifique/ Seattle calls theirs "Science on Tap": http://www.scienceontap.org/ The Café in Victoria, Texas: For more information, call Richard Gunasekera at 361-570-4202 /// Cafés Philosophique Here's a Café Philosophique operating in Derbyshire, UK, at Scarthin, "A bookshop for the Majority of Minorities": http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/terrace/ rbd26/cafephil.htm There was once a Café-Salon Philosophique in Boulder, Colorado: http://www.indranet.com/arts/lcds/salon/salon.html There's a sort of Café Skeptique meeting at The Old King's Head, a grungy pub near London Bridge station in London: http://www.skeptic.org.uk/pub/ /// Interesting Science Sites The Naked Scientists on the Beeb: A scary thought, but fortunately, it's radio. http://www.thenakedscientists.com/ The Skeptic's Dictionary: A Collection of Strange Beliefs, Amusing Deceptions, and Dangerous Delusions (and how to think critically about them) http://skepdic.com/ |
