Festival of the Spoken Nerd: You Can't Polish a Nerd

摘要

The problem with nerds is they sometimes focus their considerable talents on the wrong things.Fittingly,perhaps the same could be said about Festival of the Spoken Nerd's(FOTSN)latest DVD You Can't Polish a Nerd,where its best bit is an incredible bonus feature.If you're not familiar with FOTSN,it is a trio that perform live comedic science shows.Physicists Helen Arney and Steven Mould and mathematician Matt Parker take turns to sing,do live experiments or explain quirky scientific or mathematical concepts on stage.In You Can't Polish a Nerd,they discuss how not to film inside a microwave,the radioactivity of bananas and annoying your builder with awkward tiling patterns,amongst other things.Chemistry World readers in particular may appreciate Arney's updated version of Tom Lehrer's The Elements song.