The Atlanta Science Festival runs Saturday, March 22, through Saturday, March 29, with more than 100 events scattered over 50 locations, many of them free. For information, 770-322-4992; atlantasciencefestival.org/

Prepare to be blinded by science.

The first Atlanta Science Festival begins Saturday with more than 100 eye-boggling events occurring simultaneously over eight days throughout the city.

You will see the flash of lasers, the smoke of liquid nitrogen and a few things that will blow your mind.

Like the cyborg drummer.

Jason Barnes, 24, an amputee with a robot arm, and his ensemble, will demonstrate the frontiers of robot/cyborg/human musical interaction at Kennesaw State University on March 22, the first day of the festival.

The last day, March 29, will be devoted to an all-day braniac Bonnaroo at Centennial Olympic Park, with more than 100 booths, demonstrations and performances, including a Makers Village, an introduction to killer plants and a tutorial on making your own scabs.

In between will be opportunities to encounter chemistry, geology, acoustics and many other disciplines in such events as “The Science of Beer,” staged at a West Midtown brewery, and a geek-friendly comedy show in Scottdale, “Journey to the Dork Side,” that dares ask the question “is there humor in mathematics?”

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