Science & The Arts at CUNY Graduate Center

Science & the
Arts Series

Past Events

Spring - Summer 2008 Events

Galileo's Muse >
#7564 - Wednesday, January 30, 8:00 PM: BrainwavE: The NeuroScience of the Groove >
#7533 - Monday, March 24, 6:30 PM: Bubbles in Beijing: Architecture, Physics, and the Olympics >
#7534 - Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 PM: Ferocious Beauty: Dance and Genetics >
#7535 - Monday, April 7, 6:30 PM: Manhattan / Farm Hall >
#7567 - Thursday, April 24, 6:30 PM: Oxygen >
#7568 - Thursday, May 29, 6:30 PM: Einstein's Dreams >
Thursday, Friday May 29, 30 8:00 PM/Saturday, May 31, 2:00 PM: ICSI and Taboos >
Thursday, July 31, 7:00 PM

Galileo's Muse
	Galileo's Muse celebrates the surprising relationship between one of history's greatest scientists and the spirited music of late Renaissance Italy. Who would have thought the lute (a close cousin of the guitar) held the key to one of Galileo's most important breakthroughs? This concert shows how -- with lively music, engaging explanations, and a reenactment of the experiment that led Galileo to formulate the Law of Falling Bodies. Co-sponsored by the Doctoral Program in Music Performance. #7564 - Wednesday, January 30, 8:00 PM (note later time)
BrainwavE: The NeuroScience of the Groove
	What is the explanation for our love of music, rhythm and dance? In this evening of erudition and performance, Columbia University neuroscientists Dave Sulzer (a.k.a. composer Dave Soldier) and John Krakauer will discuss the brain activity that makes us groove to the beat of music. Krakauer co-directs the Motor Performance Laboratory and Soldier investigates synaptic connections that underlie memory, learning and behavior. Featuring the premiere of Soldier’s "Trio for percussion and brain waves," a live performance/experiment with drummers and electroencephalographs. #7533 - Monday, March 24, 6:30 PM Listen to the podcast! The NeuroScience of the Groove
Bubbles in Beijing: Architecture, Physics, and the Olympics
	The Olympic aquatics pavilion in Beijing resembles a box of bubbles. This extraordinary structure and the feat of engineering required to build it will be discussed by Denis Weaire, physics professor at Trinity College Dublin, who first observed the efficiency of bubble structures. He'll be joined by Daniel Brodkin, a principal in the New York office of the engineering firm Arup, famous for their design contributions to some of the greatest buildings of our times. #7534 - Tuesday, April 1, 6:30 PM
FEROCIOUS BEAUTY: DANCE AND GENETICS
	Liz Lerman, choreographer, believes in the power of art to enhance civic dialogue. Her new dance/theater piece, Ferocious Beauty: Genome, investigates the implications of genetic research. Among her collaborators in creating the work was Bonnie Bassler, renowned Princeton University microbiologist, who will join her in a dialogue. The talk will be illustrated with video segments, providing a preview of the dance piece before its first performance in the New York area. #7535 - Monday, April 7, 6:30 PM
Manhattan / Farm Hall
	A play reading about the moral dilemmas surrounding the building of The Bomb, written by French actor Olivier Treiner and his father, physicist Jacques Treiner, who will be present at the performance. How did American scientists wrestle with their concerns about the use of atomic weaponry? How did German scientists react to the bomb that leveled Hiroshima? The play, based in part on actual transcripts of conversations, delves into these complex issues. Reading by Break A Leg Productions. #7567 - Thursday, April 24, 6:30 PM
Hollywood science EVENT CANCELLED
	From space travel and genetic engineering to global warming, science is portrayed on movie screens with fact and fantasy, and scientists are heroes, nerds, and villains. Sidney Perkowitz, Charles Howard Candler Professor of Physics at Emory University and author of the new book Hollywood Science, discusses the portrayal of science in films, from science fiction to scientific biographies and documentaries, and screens some examples. #7536 - Tuesday, April 29, 6:30 PM
Oxygen
	Who deserves the Nobel Prize for the discovery of oxygen? Three scientists -- Lavoisier, Priestley, and Scheele -- lay claim to the prize in this play, written by two renowned chemists, Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann. The play, which takes place in both 1777 and 2001, examines the nature of discovery and the desire for recognition that motivated scientists then as now. Reading by Break A Leg Productions. Limited seating. This event is FIRST COME, FIRST SEATED. A World Science Festival event #7568 - Thursday, May 29, 6:30 PM
Einstein's Dreams
	May 29, 30, 31 The young Einstein dreams... Berne, Switzerland, 1905: Einstein is a modest patent clerk in a new marriage, struggling to make ends meet while in the back of his mind re-conceiving time! This brilliant new stage adaptation by Wesley Savick of Alan Lightman's internationally acclaimed novel Einstein's Dreams will be performed by Boston's Underground Railway Theater. The play, an inventive, poetic and charming work, was the inaugural event in a collaboration between the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Underground Railway Theater, conceived to develop new plays about science. The performances will be followed by informal discussions with guest writers. General admission $20. Purchase Tickets: A World Science Festival event Thursday, May 29, 8:00 PM Alan Lightman - post-performance discussion Lightman's novel Einstein's Dreams was an international bestseller and has been translated into thirty languages. Both a distinguished physicist and an accomplished novelist, Lightman was the first professor at MIT to receive a joint appointment in the sciences and the humanities. AND Walter Isaacson - post-performance discussion Isaacson is President of the Aspen Institute. He has been Chairman of CNN and the editor of Time Magazine. He is the author of Einstein: His Life and Universe. Friday, May 30, 8:00 PM Alan Lightman - post-performance discussion INovelist Lightman returns for a second discussion. Saturday, May 31, 2:00 PM Alan J. Friedman - post-performance discussion Co-author of Einstein as Myth and Muse, published by Cambridge University Press. For 22 years Dr. Friedman served as Director of the New York Hall of Science, New York City's public science-technology center. Press Materials Here
ICSI and Taboos
	The plays ICSI and Taboos dramatize -- with wit -- the social transformations and contested viewpoints created by advances in reproductive science. Readings from the plays will be performed by the theater company Break a Leg Productions. Playwright Carl Djerassi is "the father of The Pill" (he was awarded the National Medal of Science for the first synthesis of an oral contraceptive) and has had a prolific additional career as a writer of fiction and plays about science. Produced by Redshift Productions in collaboration with Science & the Arts. Thursday, July 31, 7:00 PM

Fall 2007 Events

Illuminating Coney Island >
#7427 - Tuesday, September 25, 6:30 PM: Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction >
#7428 - Monday, October 29, 6:30 PM: SCIENCE AS A CREATIVE ADVENTURE OF THE MIND >
#7455 - Tuesday, November 6, 6:30 PM: A Scientist Goes to the Movies: The Matrix >
Thursday, November 8, 6:30 PM: Background >
#7457 - Tuesday, November 20, 6:30 PM

Illuminating Coney Island
	Thirty-seven years have passed since the closing of Coney Island's world-renowned Parachute Jump ride. In 2006 the 277-foot structure was illuminated by Leni Schwendinger and her firm, Light Projects. Colored light transforms the filigreed steel Parachute Jump framework into a shimmering icon for Coney Island and all of Brooklyn. With designer Leni Schwendinger, Martin Maher, Brooklyn Chief of Staff, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, and Peter Jacobson, Lighting Specialist, Con Edison. #7427 - Tuesday, September 25, 6:30 PM
Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction
	During the Nazi era, over 1,400 synagogues were destroyed. Through a student initiative at the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, several synagogues have been virtually recreated using computer aided design, revealing a rich and diverse architectural history. Manfred Koob and Marc Grellert (Darmstadt University of Technology) and Carol Herselle Krinsky (New York University) will show the re-creations and provide historical and contemporary context. Co-sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies, Science & the Arts, and the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa). #7428 - Monday, October 29, 6:30 PM
SCIENCE AS A CREATIVE ADVENTURE OF THE MIND
	The Pari Center for New Learning, located in a quiet hilltop village in Italy, fosters an interdisciplinary approach linking science, the arts, ethics and spirituality. David Peat, author, physicist and philosopher, directs the Center and will speak on the relationship between language, reality and physics. He will ask if science is about what we know about the world, or what we can say about the world. He will also explore the way science and the arts can stimulate and cross fertilize each other. With stand-up comedy from Jena Axelrod. #7455 - Tuesday, November 6, 6:30 PM
A Scientist Goes to the Movies: The Matrix
	The 1999 science fiction action film, The Matrix, describes a future in which the world we know is actually the Matrix, a simulated reality created by sentient machines in order to subdue and make use of the human population as an energy source. Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson (American Museum of Natural History) and Corey Powell, Executive Editor at Discover Magazine, will show selected scenes and discuss the science onscreen. Thursday, November 8, 6:30 PM
Background
	Reading of a play by Lauren Gunderson. In 1948, as a young doctoral student, Ralph Alpher wrote the first mathematical model for the creation of the universe and predicted the discovery of cosmic background radiation that proves the Big Bang theory. He was ahead of his time. Decades later, two radio astronomers tuning their equipment stumbled on proof of Alpher's background radiation. They got the credit-and the Nobel Prize. Presented by Break A Leg Productions. Following the play will be a question & answer period with the playwright and Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times science reporter, John Noble Wilford, moderated by Brian Schwartz. #7457 - Tuesday, November 20, 6:30 PM

Spring 2007 Events

A Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society >
Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7:00 PM: Robot Dance Competition >
Thursday, February 1, 2007 2:00 PM: The Physics of the Buffyverse >
Thursday, February 1, 2007 6:00 & 8:00 PM: "Flight," a play by Arthur Giron >
Play-reading by Break A Leg Productions
Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:30 PM: Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica >
Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:30 PM: Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration >
Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:30 PM: Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation >
Wednesday, May 2, 2007 6:30 PM: String Theory for Dummies >
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:30 PM

A Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society
	The popular website, the "Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society," named after a 17th-century polymath, inspired this evening of the wondrous and the arcane. Featuring ancient automata, extinct languages, curious inventions, and one notable savant. For ticket information: http://kirchersociety.org/ Tuesday, January 16, 2007 7 PM This event is sold out
Robot Dance Competition
	Robo Cup Junior is an international robot design competition organized in elementary through high schools. Witness the crazy, colorful dance moves of the 'bots, designed by the New York City-area teams. 7321 - Thursday, February 1, 2007 2 PM
The Physics of the Buffyverse
	Author Jennifer Ouellette's The Physics of the Buffyverse uses the characters, concepts and plot lines of the popular television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer to illustrate a wide range of fundamental concepts in the physical sciences: everything from sound, electricity, materials science, and thermodynamics, to concepts of time (and time travel), wormholes, black holes, and string theory. The evening will include demonstrations of the martial art of ju-jitsu. Two performances on one evening: 7322 - Thursday, February 1, 2007 6 PM 7323 - Thursday, February 1, 2007 8 PM
"Flight," a play by Arthur Giron
	A comedic drama about the family life of the young Wright Brothers. "...[A] witty, touching flashback to the Wright brothers' boyhood and the events that led to those momentous first flights in Kitty Hawk." (NY Times). A play reading by Break A Leg Productions 7324 - Tuesday, February 27, 2007 6:30 PM
Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica
	The glass armonica's celestial sound is created by placing moistened fingers on the edges of revolving crystal bowls of different sizes. Learn the history of Franklin's invention and hear a performance by Cecilia Brauer including Mozart's composition for the instrument. Composer Peter Kirn will discuss the physics behind the sound and how he has re-imagined the instrument in digital sound with visual effects. 7276 - Wednesday, March 21, 2007 6:30 PM -- no seats left for the 6:30 show. 7337 - Wednesday, March 21, 2007 8:00 PM
Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration
	In 1961 Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, became the first human being to leave Earth's atmosphere. On April 12, revelers on all seven continents celebrate Yuri's Night, the anniversary of his unprecedented voyage as well as the launch of the first Space Shuttle exactly 20 years later. This year New Yorkers will join them. The astronomy-themed festivities will include: a virtual tour of the universe created by the Hayden Planetarium Edward Belbruno, author of Fly Me to the Moon Greg Olsen, Private Space Explorer/Cosmonaut who spent 8 days on the International Space Station sound art by CUNY's Intermedia Arts Group 7277 - Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:30 PM
Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation
	Geometry is a mathematical language of nature and art. It inspires sculptors and painters. Computer animators rely on it. Learn about mathematician Donald Coxeter and the work of contemporary artists who utilize geometry. With Siobhan Roberts, author of King of Infinite Space: Donald Coxeter, The Man Who Saved Geometry and Emmy Award-winning animator Mark Neumann. 7278 - Wednesday, May 2, 2007 6:30 PM Listen to the podcast! The Man Who Saved Geometry Siobhan Roberts
String Theory for Dummies
	An entertaining and informative discussion explaining string theory for a general audience. Many scientists feel string theory explains and unifies all of physics. Others feel it is a mathematical exercise that cannot be proven by experiment. All sides of this issue will be revealed. 7279 - Tuesday, May 22, 2007 6:30 PM Watch Video! String Theory for Dummies Gary Wilner and Dr. James Gates Listen to the podcast! String Theory for Dummies Jim Gates http://www.nyas.org/snc/podcasts.asp?pager_podcast=1& http://www1.cuny.edu/forums/podcasts/?p=212

Fall 2006 Events

Benjamin Franklin’s Arcs and Sparks
Monday, October 16, 7:00 PM: Being Beakman
Tuesday, October 24, 7:00 PM: Theatre of Science
Thursday, November 9 through Sunday, November 12: A Scientist Goes to the Movies
Friday, November 10, 6:30 PM: Verse and Universe
Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11: Tesla's Letters
Monday, December 11, 6pm

Benjamin Franklin’s Arcs and Sparks

The spirit of Ben Franklin comes alive as lightning bolts and electrical fire dance on the stage and some of Franklin’s most dramatic experiments are recreated using reproductions of eighteenth-century equipment. Join this celebration of Franklin’s 300th birthday with Jim Hardesty, physics historian and scientific instrument maker.

7136 - Monday, October 16, 2006 7:00 PM

Being Beakman

Paul Zaloom is a political satirist and puppeteer, but he’s best known as the title character on the award-winning children’s television series Beakman's World, an irreverent look at science concepts from thermodynamics to the mechanics of flatulence. Beakman's World will return to TV screens in fall 2006 and Zaloom will reveal the creative process in making science hip and entertaining.

7135 - Tuesday, October 24, 2006 7:00 PM

Science + Art Festival 2006
A city-wide celebration of science. Click for the full schedule of events.

Theatre of Science

SPECIAL EVENT at Theater for the New City, 155 First Avenue New York, NY 10003. Ticket purchase required for this event.

Thursday, November 9 through Sunday, November 12, 2006

A Scientist Goes to the Movies

Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium, will screen scenes from the 1997 film Contact. He’ll distinguish science fact from science fiction. Joined by Ann Druyan, who produced the film from the novel by her husband, Carl Sagan.

7134 - Friday, November 10, 2006 6:30 PM

Verse and Universe

A series of readings, talks and a panel discussion on poetry inspired by science. Organized by poet Kurt Brown. Participants: Roald Hoffmann, Jennifer Michael Hecht, Forrest Gander and Alison Hawthorne Deming.

7138 - Friday and Saturday, November 10 and 11, 2006

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Tesla's Letters, a play by Jeffrey Stanley

An American student goes to war-torn Yugoslavia to research the life, letters and inventions of the great scientist Nikola Tesla. Bargaining for information, she is drawn into the violence and intrigue ravaging Tesla’s homeland.
A play reading by Break a Leg Productions. Directed by Christopher Bellis.

7188 - Monday, December 11, 2006 6pm

Spring - Summer 2006 Events

Science Valentine
Tuesday, February 14, 6pm Free: Soft Science: Experimental films on science
Wednesday, March 1, 7pm Free: An Experiment with an Air Pump
Tuesday, March 28, 6pm Free: Robot Dance Competition
Friday, March 31, 2-3pm Free: The Violin: De-Coding Perfection
Wednesday, April 5, 6pm Free: Nanotech: When Things Get Small
Wednesday, April 26, 6:30 pm Free: Some Fantastic Realities, Friday
April 28, 3:30pm Free: Big Bang: Premiere of a new musical work inspired by astrophysics
Monday, May 15, 6pm Free: “Intelligent Design” under the Microscope
Monday, May 22, 6:30pm* Free: Street Fair Science
Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18 Click for pictures of the Street Fair!

	Science Valentine Celebrate with a vaudeville evening featuring Lynda Williams, the “Physics Chanteuse”(Santa Rosa Junior College), and Bob Friedhoffer, magician and educator. 6982 - Tuesday, February 14, 2006 6pm Free
	Soft Science Experimental films on science Soft Science is a collection of videos created by artists and scientists, curated by Rachel Mayeri. This unique program includes digital movies by biologists alongside contemporary video art. Rachel Mayeri is a filmmaker and Assistant Professor of Media Studies at Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA. 6954 - Wednesday, March 1, 2006 7pm Free
© 2003 ArtsReproductions.Com	An Experiment with an Air Pump Furtive romance, farce, science and buried secrets. Reading of a play by Shelagh Stephenson about ethical choices made in the pursuit of scientific progress. The play flashes between 1799 and 1999, both years of extraordinary medical breakthroughs. Presented by Break A Leg Productions 6955 – Tuesday, March 28, 2006 6pm Free
	Robot Dance Competition RoboCup Junior is an international robot design competition organized in elementary through high schools. Witness the crazy, colorful dance moves of the ‘bots, designed by the NYC-area teams. 6956 - Friday, March 31, 2006 2-3pm Free
	The Violin: De-Coding Perfection Learn the history of the famous Stradivarius violins from Toby Faber, author of Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection. Then learn about the new approaches to the craft employed by a renowned contemporary instrument maker, Sam Zygmuntowicz , who makes faithful copies of classic instruments as well as fresh interpretations in the classic style. Co-sponsored by the Ph.D./D.M.A. Programs in Music. More information 6957 - Wednesday, April 5, 2006 6pm Free
	Nanotech: When Things Get Small What could a stadium-sized bowl of peanuts, a magic tennis ball, shrinking elephants, and a crazed hockey player possibly teach us about nanoscience? Not Too Serious Labs’ production “When Things Get Small” - a departure from your typical science-for-television fare - uses these and other comic inventions to take viewers on a comically corny romp into the real-life quest to create the smallest magnet ever known. View the half-hour film and hear from renowned physicist Ivan Schuller on making physics fun on film. First showing in NYC. More at http://www.ucsd.tv/getsmall/ 7060 - Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:30 pm Free
	Some Fantastic Realities A talk by Frank Wilczek, Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 and Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics, MIT, to celebrate the publication of his new book Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm. More at http://www.worldscibooks.com/physics/6019.html Friday, April 28, 3:30, 2006 pm Free Listen to the podcast! Some Fantastic Realities Frank Wilczek
	Big Bang Premiere of a new work of concert theater inspired by astrophysics. Music by composer Patrick Grant, who combines live performance with cutting edge technology. Narration by Dr. Charles Liu, astronomer on the faculty of College of Staten Island, CUNY. 6959 - Monday, May 15, 2006 6 pm Free
	“Intelligent Design” under the Microscope An evening of presentations on the controversial movement. What is the history of the movement? What are its scientific claims? What impact will it have on our schools? Hear speakers from the fields of science, journalism, theology, and law. Co-organized by Science & the Arts and the Center for Inquiry. Supported in part by the Albert and Lin Bildner Foundation. Speakers include: James E. Darnell, molecular biologist, who'll address the scientific strength of the theory of evolution. Steve Harvey, co-lead counsel for the plaintiffs in the case of Kitzmiller vs Dover, the Pennsylvania legal case against teaching creationism in science classrooms Linda Froschauer, Middle school science teacher and President-elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA). Chris Mooney, author of the best-selling book “The Republican War on Science.” Moderator: Austin Dacey, The Center for Inquiry. 6958- Monday, May 22, 2006 6:30 pm* Free **(Note new time.)***
	Street Fair Science Why does popcorn pop and cotton candy spin? Savor science demonstrations while enjoying the fun of your neighborhood street fair! See science magic tricks. Have your photo taken with “Albert Einstein.” Enjoy hands-on experiments. Saturday, June 17, 11 am-6 pm - Third Avenue between 12th and 13th St. Sunday, June 18, 11 am-6 pm - Lexington Avenue between 37th and 38th St. Participants include: Science & the Arts at The Graduate Center of CUNY The New York Hall of Science The New York City Zoos and Aquarium Robot Village The Liberty Science Center The New York Public Library The Rutgers University Physics Department The American Physical Society The Amateur Astronomers Association The Center for Inquiry Bob Friedhoffer More Information -- Click for pictures of the Street Fair! 6960 - Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18, 2006

	Crocheting the Hyperbolic Plane A Talk by Daina Taimina and David Henderson The surface of an orange is a sphere—what is the opposite of a sphere? The answer is a hyperbolic surface. Confused? Mathematicians Daina Tamina and David Henderson will explain the concept and share their exciting discovery that crocheting is an excellent means of modeling and understanding hyperbolic surfaces, and for exploring the ruffles of lettuce leaves and sea slugs, exponential growth, and potential shapes of the physical universe. David Henderson and Daina Taimina, mathematicians, Cornell University Authors of Experiencing Geometry: Euclidean and Non-Euclidean With History (Prentice-Hall, 2005) http://www.math.cornell.edu/~henderson/ExpGeom/ Co-sponsored by Science & the Arts and the Institute For Figuring http://www.theiff.org 6375 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 5pm $5 6366 - Thursday, September 22, 2005 7pm $5
	Flyer Staged reading of a play by Kate Aspengren. Should women be astronauts? The play leapfrogs through time and includes testimony from Congressional hearings on the subject in 1962. Presented by Break A Leg Productions. 6367 - Monday, October 17, 2005 6pm Free
	Albert Einstein and Religion A talk by Corey S. Powell. Corey S. Powell, Senior Editor, Discover magazine; author, God in the Equation: How Einstein Became the Prophet of the New Religious Era. 6368 - Monday, October 24, 2005 6pm Free
	Voodoo Science in the Age of Intelligent Design A talk by Robert L. Park. Robert L. Park, Professor of Physics, University of Maryland; author, Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. 6369 - Monday, October 31, 2005 6pm Free
	Visual Art & the Brain: At the Interface of Art and Science Registration and further event information at www.nyas.org/brainandart This conference will explore the nature of the science-art interface, the inspiration this interface provides to scientists and artists alike, and the impact of such interactions in areas of research and other human endeavors. The morning session will explore scientific perspectives: what is vision? How do we perceive art and why do we respond to it emotionally? The afternoon session will feature discussions with artists and scientists on communicating the beauty and power of science as well as its social and ethical implications. This event is suitable for scientists interested in art and artists interested in science. Participants: Margaret Livingstone - Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School; author, Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing. V.S. Ramachandran - Director, the Center for Brain and Cognition, UC-San Diego; author, A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers. David Freedberg - Professor of Art History; Director, Italian Academy, Columbia Univ.; author, The Power of Images: Studies in the History and Theory of Respons.e Felice Frankel - Director, Envisioning Science Project, MIT; author, Envisioning Science Project: The Design and Craft of the Science Image. Barbara Tversky - Professor of Psychology, Stanford University. Eric Heller - Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Harvard University. Suzanne Anker - Chair, Department of Fine Arts, School of Visual Arts; co-author, The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age Devorah Sperber - Visual Artist. Torsten Wiesel - President Emeritus, Rockefeller University and Nobel Laureate. Nell Breyer – Visual Artist, Center for Advanced Visual Studies, MIT Co-organized by Science & the Arts and the New York Academy of Sciences. Supported in part by the David Schwarz Family and the National Science Foundation. 6370 - Saturday, November 5, 2005 10am-6pm. Registration and further event information at www.nyas.org/brainandart
	Magic and Comedy about Science 6371 - Monday, November 7, 2005 7pm Free
	Idea Café – Crossing Disciplines Do you have an idea that you have been thinking about, something that you really want to share with others? Here is your chance to have your ideas engaged with others. Or just come to hear what others are thinking. In the tradition of great intellectual programming at The Graduate Center, CUNY, we invite you to join faculty and students in our Idea Café. Each week will have a theme. You will have a chance to sign up for your short presentation and then be joined by all others in dialogue. Beverages and light food will be available for purchase from the Café. -- We welcome people from outside CUNY, but we will give first priority to CUNY-associated speakers. -- We welcome any kind of presentation on that evening’s topic, limited to 5 minutes. Do you wish to speak? Please download the form here. Fill out the form and return it to continuinged@gc.cuny.edu 6576 - Monday, November 7, 2005 7pm Free
© Nigel Spalding	Big Bang: The Origins of the Universe A talk by Simon Singh Singh, the Cambridge-educated physicist and author of the international best-seller Fermat's Enigma, has an uncommon talent for explaining difficult science to the layman. In his new book Big Bang he leads readers on a journey back into history and out into the cosmos as he explains how scientists arrived at the remarkable theory of the universe and why it is almost certainly correct. 6583 - Wednesday, Nov. 9 7pm free
	Perpetual Motion: Revolutions in 17th Century Science and Music Dava Sobel and Galileo's Daughters A performance featuring award-winning science writer Dava Sobel and the early music ensemble, Galileo's Daughters (Sarah Pillow, soprano; Mary Anne Ballard, viola da gamba). With Ronn McFarlane, lute (as Vincenzo Galilei). Dava Sobel will weave stories of science history with the music of the period. Dava Sobel, author, Longitude, Galileo's Daughter, and The Planets. 6373 - Monday, November 28, 2005 6pm Free Listen to the podcast! Revolutions in 17th-Century Science and Music Dava Sobel & Galileo's Daughters

	Monday, January 31, 2005 6 PM, Elebash Recital Hall. Free Science to a Samba Beat Nobel Laureate chemist Roald Hoffmann and the dancers and drummers of Samba New York! celebrate Carnaval in Rio. More information
	Monday, February 28, 2005 6 PM, Elebash Recital Hall. Free Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science Illustrated lecture by Sidney Harris More information
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	Monday, March 14, 2005 Celebrate Einstein's Birthday 4:00 PM, Skylight Room, Rm 9100. Free Two of His Associates Reminisce Frederick Seitz, Former President of the Rockefeller University and Colleague of Einstein at Princeton, and William T Golden, Architect of U.S. science policy, the National Science Foundation and the President's Science Advisory Committee. 6:00 PM, Proshansky Auditorium. Free Einstein's Greatest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story Lecture by Lawrence M Krauss, Chair, Department of Physics, Case Western Reserve University Author of The Physics of Star Trek (BasicBooks) More information
	SATURDAY, March 12, 2005 3:00 PM, The Graduate Center, $5 children, $10 adults, group rates available I Spy Walter Wick Walter Wick, co-author of the best-selling I Spy and author of Can You See What I See?, has been entertaining and engaging children for years with his photographs and books. In this interactive slide show, he will offer a behind-the scenes look at the games, puzzles, science, and illusions that have made his books such a phenomenal success.
	Monday, March 28, 2005 6 PM, Room 4102. Free and appropriate for families. The Magic of Science Magic tricks that teach science, with Bob Friedhoffer
J. B. Edwards	Monday, April 18, 2005 6 PM; Elebash Recital Hall. Free Two Plays about Einstein Mass, by playwright Lauren Gunderson; Performed by Break A Leg Productions The Day Einstein Died, by playwright J. B. Edwards; Performed by Third Avenue Productions More information
	Monday, May 2, 2005 A Celebration of the American Physicist Richard Feynman: The Best Mind Since Einstein 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM, Elebash Recital Hall. Free Panel Discussion: Views of Richard Feynman Moderator: Dorian Devins Panelists: Freeman Dyson, Arthur Giron, Phil Platzman, Corey S. Powell
	6PM, Elebash Recital Hall. Free *Moving Bodies* by Arthur Giron. A staged reading of the full length play. More Information

National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives	The year 2005 will mark the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's Annus Mirabilis (Miracle Year) of 1905 in which he published three seminal papers which changed the nature of 20th century physics: the Special Theory of Relativity; the Theory of Brownian Motion; and the Theory of the Photoelectric Effect. (Note that Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921 "for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.") Cost: $10 for each lecture, or $45 for the series of five lectures. Phone 212-817-8215 for reservations. All lectures will be held in Room 4102 of the CUNY Graduate Center.
	Monday, February 14, 2005 6:00 PM An Overview of the Life of Einstein and his Impact. Lecture by David Cassidy, Professor of the Natural Sciences, Hofstra University, NY Author of Einstein and Our World (Prometheus Books).
	Monday, March 7, 2005 6:00 PM Einstein and Freud: A Discourse Concerning Two New Sciences Lecture by Richard Panek, author and columnist for Natural History Magazine Author of The Invisible Century: Einstein, Freud and the Search for Hidden Variables (Viking Books).
	Tuesday, April 5, 2005 6:00 PM (please note new date) How to Think Like Einstein Lecture by Joe L. Kincheloe, Professor of Education, The Graduate Center Co-author with Shirley R. Steinberg and Deborah J. Tippins of The Stigma of Genius: Einstein, Consciousness, and Education (Peter Lang Publishing).
	Monday, April 11, 2005 6:00 PM Einstein, Surveillance and Social Activism Lecture by Fred Jerome, Consultant, Gene Media Forum and founder, Media Resource Center Author of The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover's Secret War Against the World's Most Famous Scientist (St. Martin's Press) and Einstein On Race And Racism (Rutgers University Press).
	Monday, May 9, 2005 6:00 PM Einstein's Vision of Space, Time and Parallel Universes Lecture by Michio Kaku, Semat Professor of Theoretical Physics, City College of New York Author of Einstein's Cosmos: How Albert Einstein's Vision Transformed Our Understanding of Space and Time (W. W. Norton & Co) and Hyperspace : A Scientific Odyssey Through Parallel Universes, Time Warps, and the 10th Dimension (Anchor Press).

Image courtesy of The Goethe-Institut Mexiko	ART The Water City: A Public Art Project in Mexico City Wednesday, January 21, 2004 4pm Illustrated lecture by Bernd Scherer. More information from the Bildner Center at the Graduate Center of CUNY.
	RADIO Science Friday Friday, January 23, 2004 2-4pm A nationally broadcast radio show, live from our stage. Hosted by award-winning science journalist Ira Flatow. Science Friday home. Hour One: Science on Stage Hour Two: New York City in 2050
	FUN FOR ALL Science Vaudeville Monday, March 1, 2004 6pm Juggling, music, conjuring and more, with a science subtext. More information
	GRAPHICS Women and the Machine Monday, March 15, 2004 5pm Illustrated lecture by Dr. Julie Wosk. Dr. Wosk's home page.
	THEATER The Doctor's Dilemma Tuesday, March 30, 2004 6pm Scenes from the play by George Bernard Shaw and a panel discussion on medical ethics. Review from the NY Academy of Sciences
Image courtesy of the American Institute of Physics	THEATER The Physicists Monday, April 19, 2004 6pm 'Einstein' meets 'Newton' in an asylum in this comedy. A staged reading by Break A Leg Productions. Commentary on the play 1995 review of the play.
	THEATER Partition Monday, May 17, 2004 6 pm Reading of a drama about math genius S. Ramanujan. Review from Notices of the AMS.

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Galileo's Muse

BrainwavE: The NeuroScience of the Groove

Bubbles in Beijing: Architecture, Physics, and
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FEROCIOUS BEAUTY: DANCE AND GENETICS

Manhattan / Farm Hall

Hollywood science EVENT CANCELLED

Oxygen

Einstein's Dreams

ICSI and Taboos

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Illuminating Coney Island

Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction

SCIENCE AS A CREATIVE ADVENTURE OF THE MIND

A Scientist Goes to the Movies: The Matrix

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A Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society

Robot Dance Competition

The Physics of the Buffyverse

"Flight," a play by Arthur Giron

Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica

Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration

Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation

String Theory for Dummies

Fall 2006 Events

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Science & the Arts

Past Events

Galileo's Muse

BrainwavE: The NeuroScience of the Groove

Bubbles in Beijing: Architecture, Physics, and the Olympics

FEROCIOUS BEAUTY: DANCE AND GENETICS

Manhattan / Farm Hall

Hollywood science EVENT CANCELLED

Oxygen

Einstein's Dreams

ICSI and Taboos

Illuminating Coney Island

Synagogues in Germany: A Virtual Reconstruction

SCIENCE AS A CREATIVE ADVENTURE OF THE MIND

A Scientist Goes to the Movies: The Matrix

Background

A Meeting of the Athanasius Kircher Society

Robot Dance Competition

The Physics of the Buffyverse

"Flight," a play by Arthur Giron

Ben Franklin's Glass Armonica

Yuri's Night: A Celebration of Space Exploration

Geometry and Art: From Escher to Animation

String Theory for Dummies

Bubbles in Beijing: Architecture, Physics, and
the Olympics