Science Museum - Immersive mathematics festival - What's On in November 2015

November  Get the lowdown on our upcoming events, including a special one-off screening of Interstellar and an interactive mathematics festival. Check out details of our new Friday late night opening hours, and find out about delicious space-themed treats from our Cosmonauts café.

Immersive mathematics festival What's Your Angle? 25 - 29 November 2015 Free entry Discover how maths relates to our everyday lives in a new festival kicking off at Lates on 25 November. Take on the role of an undercover journalist for News-a-Rama's latest channel News 24, and use your findings to make attention-grabbing headlines or record a live television broadcast from a hectic newsroom. You write the headlines, but what angle will you take?

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Are We Destined to Live in Space? Interstellar: The IMAX Experience Star Wars: The Force Awakens Friday 13 November, 19.30  Join us for a philosophical discussion about the past, present and future of our drive to explore the cosmos, addressing whether we really are destined to live in space. Participants include Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin, who spent 184 days on the Mir space station and experienced a collision, a power cut and a fire. Wednesday 25 November, 19.30 As part of this month's Maths-themed Lates, join us for a one-off screening of Christopher Nolan's Interstellar in IMAX 70mm, preceded by a discussion about the film and Einstein's general theory of relativity, the centenary of which we commemorate this year. From 17 December One of cinema's legendary franchises returns to the big screen with the eagerly-awaited Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Our IMAX Theatre is the only venue in Europe screening this blockbuster film in IMAX 70mm format, meaning you'll see 40% more film image than you would in cinemas that use IMAX digital technology. BOOK BOOK BOOK New robot range Indulge your inner child and explore our remote control and robot range in the Science Museum shop, from a dinosaur that follows you round to cars that will race you or themselves. Friday late openings For the first time ever the museum's major exhibitions are staying open every Friday until 22.00, including three of our newest and most exciting exhibitions Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age, Gathered Leaves: Photographs by Alec Soth and Ada Lovelace. Grab a beer or cocktail at one of our bars, bring along a few friends and launch into the weekend with a night of science and culture. BROWSE   MORE Cosmonauts café Offering light lunches alongside delicious Russian dishes and space themed treats, our Cosmonauts café is the perfect stop off to rest your feet and re-fuel. Treat the kids to rocket cookies, or experience space cuisine firsthand with apple crumble in a tube. MORE We recommend...   Winter at Kew Gardens Discover seasonal changes for less this winter atRoyal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Specially priced at £9 per adult, wrap up warm to see the splendour of winter bulbs emerge from the frost, then step out of the cold into the tropical glasshouses for the feel of warmer seasons to come. BOOK