Science for Celebrities
People in the public eye are often drawn into promoting theories, therapies, and campaigns that make no scientific sense. This leaflet shows how easily some mistakes could have been avoided. Now it’s possible to check the facts before going public. Hundreds of scientists from many fields are available to help you get it right for the public. It costs a phone call.
In the first week of January 2007, we released Sense About… Science for Celebrities, a leaflet that was elegantly abridged by the Sun: ‘Profs rap dim stars’! Download the leaflet (pdf) and read about Madonna’s, Joanna Lumley’s and Chris de Burgh’s brushes with nuclear physics, oncology and physiology.
Here is some of the coverage:
Stars urged to check facts (real player)
Tracey Brown, Director of Sense About Science, on
Radio 4’s Today programme, 3rd January 2007
Stars must ‘check science facts’
BBC Online, 3rd January 2007
Neutralise radiation and stay off milk: the truth about celebrity health claims
James Randerson, Science Correspondent
The Guardian, 3rd January 2007
Celebrities told to embrace the facts, not bad science
By Mark Henderson, Science Correspondent
The Times, 3rd January 2007
Scientists warn about celebrity mumbo-jumbo
by Nic Flemming, Science Correspondent
The Telegraph, 3rd January 2007
Celebrities sent to the back of the science class
Clive Cookson, Science Editor
The Financial Times, 3rd January 2007
Profs rap dim stars
The Sun, 3rd January 2007
Academics ask celebs to button it
by John Dunne
The London Paper, 3rd Jaunary 2007
Quackers! Science v celebrity
by Michael Hanlon, Science Editor
The Daily Mail, 4th January 2007
I’m A Celebrity, Let Me Give You Some Inaccurate Advice
by Sarah Freeman
The Yorkshire Post, 4th January 2007
Last updated: January 03 2010
