[Sci-tech-public] FW: Science on Screen with PETER GALISON - Feb. 2

[David Mindell]

Science on Screen at the Coolidge Corner Theatre celebrates the
underappreciated holiday of Groundhog Day with a screening of --
appropriately enough – GROUNDHOG DAY and an introduction by noted science
historian and physicist Peter Galison on Mon., Feb. 2 at 7:00 p.m.  

 

Director Harold Ramis’ off-beat modern comedy classic stars Bill Murray as
Phil Connors, a self-centered television weatherman assigned to cover the
groundhog's annual appearance in Punxsutawney, PA.  It's his forth year
waiting on word from the rodent to determine the length of the remaining
winter, and Phil couldn't be more open about his disdain for the town, his
job and his co-workers. When he awakens on what should be the following day,
he inexplicably finds himself stuck in a time loop, dooming him to repeat
his most hated day of the year, over and over again, until he finally gets
things right. 

 

This unusual comedy raises many questions related to the physics and
philosophy of time.  Joining us before the film to speak about some of these
questions is Peter Galison. An author, film producer and MacArthur Award
winner, Dr. Galison is the Joseph Pellegrino University Professor of physics
and the history of science at Harvard University. Galison's research
explores both the philosophical and historical questions that arise when
examining the role of experiments in modern physics. His books include
Einstein's Clocks, Poincaré's Maps and Image and Logic.

 

With Science on Screen, the Coolidge presents a feature film or documentary
with a basis in science, paired with exciting introductions by notable
figures from the worlds of science and technology.  This monthly series is
co-presented by The Museum of Science, Boston and New Scientist magazine. 

 

Science on Screen programs are $7.75 for students and Museum of Science
members, or $9.75 general admission.  Members of the Coolidge Corner Theatre
get in free.  Tickets are available in advance at the box office, located at
290 Harvard Street in Brookline, or on-line at www.coolidge.org/showtimes.

 

For more details, visit www.coolidge.org/science or call 617/734-2500.

 

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Upcoming Science on Screen programs:

 

March 2 – GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER with social psychologist and Harvard
professor Mahzarin R. Banaji

April 13 - Zombie program with psychiatrist Steven C. Schlozman, film TBD

May 11 - THE SINGULARITY IS NEAR: A TRUE STORY ABOUT THE FUTURE with
inventor and entrepreneur Ray Kurzweil

 

Previous Science on Screen programs include:

 

THEREMIN: AN ELECTRONIC ODYSSEY with Tod Machover

CONTACT with Paul Horowitz

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK with Curtis Runnels

SUPERMAN with Max Tegmark

VERTIGO with Catherine Kimble

DARWIN'S NIGHTMARE with Les Kaufman

SLEEPER with Brock Reeve

THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH with Robert Weller

PULSE (KAIRO) with Alan Lightman

STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KAHN with Jeffery Hoffman

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE with Marc Hauser

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND with Daniel Schacter

ALPHAVILLE with Sheila Jasanoff

DONNIE DARKO with Bruce M. Cohen

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN with Alfred DeMaria

FORBIDDEN PLANET with Rodney Brooks

2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY with Marvin Minsky

RICHARD FEYNMAN: NO ORDINARY GENIUS with Stephen Wolfram

A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME with Alan Guth

JAWS with Greg Skomal 

DIAL M FOR MURDER in 3-D with Steven Pinker

 

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