Science to a Samba Beat:
Nobel Laureate Chemist Roald Hoffmann and Samba New York!

Brazilian Ambassador Julio Cesar and Roald Hoffmann

Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Celebrate Carnaval! Researchers and dancers joined hands in Rio in 2004 in the name of Carnaval - and popularizing science. For the first time, a major samba school, Unidos da Tijuca, chose a science theme for Carnaval - "The Dream of Creation and the Creation of the Dream: Art and Science in the Age of the Impossible". A team of scientists consulted in the design of their floats, costumes, and choreography. Nobel Prize-winning chemist Roald Hoffmann was a participant in the festivities. Join us for live music and dance from the band Samba New York! and an illustrated report from Hoffmann, featuring Brazilian television coverage of the sound and spectacle of Carnaval.

Cosponsored by Science & the Arts and the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies