Feynman F(Ph)ysics Festival

Saturday, March 16, 2002, 12 noon
Proshansky Auditorium
Free

SESSION I: PANEL DISCUSSION: 12:00- 1:45 PM
Science and Drama: The Creation of the Play QED
Moderator: Cornelia Dean, Senior Editor, The New York Times

Panelists:
Alan Alda, Actor (Richard Feynman), QED
Peter Parnell, Playwright, QED

BREAK: 1:45- 2:00 PM

SESSION II: Symposium: 2:00- 3:45 PM
Feynman: The Physicist, the Man, the Teacher and the Performer
Session Chair: Brian Schwartz, VP for Research and Professor of Physics, The Graduate Center

Panelists:
Sylvan Schweber: Professor of Physics, Brandeis University
Feynman: Physics and the Diagram Way of Knowing

Frances Lewine: Feynman’s Cousin and Boyhood Playmate
Feynman: The Feynman Family, Richard and Joan

Ralph Leighton: Author, "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman"
Feynman: The Storyteller and His Stories

Tom Rutishauser: Professional Musician
Feynman: The Performer and Bongo Drums
Throughout the program there will be entertaining Bongo Drum sets

Presented by the Science Center and the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center
The Festival is free and open to the public on a first come, first served basis:
For further information contact: Brian Schwartz, (212) 817-7521 bschwartz@gc.cuny.edu

All events are held at The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave (at 34th Street)