[Sci-tech-public] October 29th -- Science on Screen features MIT's Alan Lightman, Kairo

[Debbie Meinbresse]

Monday, October 29 at 7:00 p.m.
Science on Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre presents:
PULSE (KAIRO), with guest speaker Alan Lightman

>On October 29 at 7:00 p.m., the CoolidgeCorner 
>Theater will present Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film 
>PULSE (KAIRO) with guest speaker Alan Lightman, 
>physicist, MIT Professor of Humanities, and 
>author of the upcoming novel, Ghost.  This 
>program is part of the theater’s monthly Science 
>on Screen series.  Science on Screen showcases 
>notable scientists who introduce a feature film 
>or documentary with a basis in science, and talk 
>about some related aspect of their work. The 
>series is co-presented by the Museum of Science 
>– Boston and New Scientist magazine.
>
>Science on Screen typically attracts a large 
>population of college students, who receive a 
>discounted rate ($7.75) on these programs.
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>
>Kiyoshi Kurosawa's PULSE (2001) tells the story 
>of a group of young friends rocked by the sudden 
>suicide of one of their own, and his subsequent, 
>ghostly reappearance in grainy computer and 
>video images. Is their friend trying to contact 
>them from beyond the grave, or is there 
>something much more sinister afoot? The 
>mysterious floppy disk they find in the dead 
>man's apartment may provide a clue, but instead 
>launches a program that seems to present odd, 
>ethereal transmissions of people engaged in 
>solitary activities in their apartments. But 
>there is something not quite right in the 
>appearance and behavior of these lonely souls. 
>Soon, there are more strange deaths and 
>disappearances within the group, terrifying 
>rooms sealed in red tape, and the appearance of 
>more ghosts as the city of Tokyo -- and the 
>world -- is slowly drained of life.
>
>Alan Lightman is a physicist, novelist, and 
>essayist born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1948. He 
>is professor at the Massachusetts Institute of 
>Technology and the author of the international 
>bestseller Einstein's Dreams. His research 
>articles have appeared in the Physical Review, 
>the Astrophysical Journal, Reviews of Modern 
>Physics, Nature, and other journals. His latest 
>novel, Ghost (to be released Oct 23), tells the 
>story of David, an ordinary man who experiences 
>an extraordinary vision that no science can 
>explain. David's struggles to understand what 
>has happened to him serves as springboard for a 
>provocative exploration of the delicate divide 
>between the physical world and the spiritual 
>world, between skepticism and faith, between the 
>natural and the supernatural, and between 
>science and religion. After the screening, 
>Lightman will be on hand to sign copies of his book.
>
>Science on Screen programs are $7.75 for 
>students, Museum of Science members, and 
>seniors, and $9.75 regular admission. Members of 
>the Coolidge Corner Theatre get free admission to these shows.
>Tickets are available in advance at the box 
>office or on-line at 
><http://www.coolidge.org>www.coolidge.org.  For 
>more information, call 617/734-2500 or visit 
><http://www.coolidge.org/>www.coolidge.org.
>
>Previous Science on Screen shows:
>
>2007
>EVERYTHING’S COOL with Ross Gelbspan, Beth Daley, and Adam Wolfensohm
>STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KAHN with Jeffery Hoffman
>A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with Marc Hauser
>ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND with Daniel Schacter
>SO MUCH, SO FAST with Jamie Heywood
>
>2006
>LONGTIME COMPANION with Kenneth Mayer, Joe Elia, and Matt Foley
>ALPHAVILLE with Sheila Jasanoff
>DONNIE DARKO with Bruce M. Cohen
>THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN with Alfred DeMaria
>WINGED MIGRATION with David Allen Sibley
>FORBIDDEN PLANET with Rodney Brooks
>2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY with Marvin Minsky
>RICHARD FEYNMAN: NO ORDINARY GENIUS with Stephen Wolfram
>
>2005
>PRIMER with John Joannopoulos
>THE ELEPHANT MAN with Virginia Kimonis
>A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME with Alan Guth
>JAWS with Greg Skomal
>DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3-D with Stephen Pinker
>
>
>
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