Celebrate the seasons and join our expert Garden Guides on a tour of the Garden. Discover seasonal highlights, hidden treasures and tales of the intrepid adventurers behind the plants on display.
Rebus Tours
Experience the dark and hidden world of Ian Rankin’s best selling Rebus novels. Locations visited include St. Leonards Police Station, the Old Medical School and George Square, with stunning views of some of Edinburgh’s unexplored areas. Humorous and
Rebus Tours
Discover the history and mystery of the real locations from Ian Rankin’s best selling Rebus novels. Locations visited include the City Mortuary and Cannongait Graveyard, with stories about geologist James Hutton and economist Adam Smith. Amusing and pr
Sergio della Sala
Sergio Della Sala, takes us through a number of misconceptions about brain mechanisms such the idea that computer games can prevent brain ageing which are taken for granted even by well-read, educated people.
Paul Murdin
Renowned astronomer Paul Murdin provides an exciting overview of astronomy for newcomers and aficionados alike of the most important discoveries and the people who made them.
Lewis Wolpert
Lewis Wolpert examines the science behind topics that are much discussed but rarely understood – stem-cell research, cloning, DNA – and explains how all life evolved from just one cell.
Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Paul Murdin
Eminent cosmologist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell reads from leading international poets who have created new work inspired by their discussions with space scientists.
Frank Close
Explore a strange mirror world, where particles have identical yet opposite properties to those we encounter everyday. and where, should matter and antimatter meet, the two annihilate in a blinding flash of energy.
Steven Canvin
Steven Canvin from LEGO (Denmark) will present the journey from humble blocks, through Wii Star Wars LEGO to future Robotics and MINDSTORMS.
Professor Chris Cooper
From V juice in "True Blood" to Ethan Hawke in "Daybreakers", new Holywood movies dream of a world where vampires co-exist peacefully with people. The trick - making artificial blood. In the real world medicine is also seeking the same thing.