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

7321 - Thursday, February 1, 2007 2 PM

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

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

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

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 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

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