Science & the
Arts Series
Past Events
- by season:
- Spring 2007
- Fall 2006
- Spring - Summer 2006
- Fall 2005
- Spring 2005
- Einstein Lecture Series
- Fall 2004
- Spring 2004
- Fall 2003
- Summer 2003 Showcase
- Spring 2003
- Fall 2002
- Spring 2002: Science & Theater
- Fall 2001
Spring 2005 Events
- Science to a Samba Beat
- Monday, January 31, 6 PM
- Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science
- Monday, February 28, 6 PM
- Celebrate Einstein's Birthday
- Monday, March 14
- Two of Einstein's Associates Reminisce
- 4:00 PM
- Einstein's Greatest Blunder: A Cosmic Mystery Story
- 6:00 PM
- I Spy Walter Wick
- Saturday, March 12, 3:00 PM,
- The Magic of Science
- Monday, March 28, 6 PM
- Two Plays about Einstein, Mass, and The Day Einstein Died
- Monday, April 18, 6 PM
- A Celebration of the American Physicist Richard Feynman: The Best Mind Since Einstein
- Panel Discussion
Monday, May 2, 4:30 PM- 5:30 PM
Staged reading of the full length play Moving Bodies
Monday, May 2,6PM
Einstein Lecture Series
- An Overview of the Life of Einstein and his Impact
- Monday, February 14, 6:00 PM
- Einstein and Freud: A Discourse Concerning Two New Sciences
- Monday, March 7, 6:00 PM
- How to Think Like Einstein
- Monday, March 28, 6:00 PM
- Einstein, Surveillance and Social Activism
- Monday, April 11, 6:00 PM
- Einstein's Vision of Space, Time and Parallel Universes
- Monday, May 9, 6:00 PM
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Monday, January 31,
2005
6 PM, Elebash Recital
Hall. Free |
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Monday, February 28, 2005 6 PM, Elebash Recital Hall. Free Einstein Simplified: Cartoons on Science Illustrated lecture by Sidney Harris More information |
© Sidney
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.")
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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). |
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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.
GRAPHICS
Women and the Machine
Monday, March 15, 2004 5pm
Illustrated lecture by Dr. Julie Wosk.
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.
Commentary on the play.
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.
Our events at The Graduate Center are free, unless noted. Pre-registering holds your seat until 15 minutes before curtain, then seating is first come, first served. Pre-register by phone or email: 212-817-8215 or continuinged@gc.cuny.edu.
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