Here are a few images from Sunday’s World Science Festival events.
String theory pioneer Leonard Susskind, historian of science Peter Galison, and moderator (and Nobel Laureate in medicine) Paul Nurse in Beyond Einstein: In Search of the Ultimate Explanation. (Image: Getty Images) (more…)
And yet you don’t feel it. In fact, the Earth itself moves around the Sun at more than 65,000 mph, and Sun revolves around the center of the Milky Way galaxy at nearly 80,000 mph. This all leads to an interesting question: what kind of motion can you feel, at least in principle, and what kind is it simply impossible to feel? If you follow this question all the way to its logical conclusion, (more…)
We’re pleased to report that the World Science Festival’s new event Dear Albert — based on the letters of Albert Einstein, written by Alan Alda, starring Anthony LaPaglia and directed by Daniel Sullivan — is making waves. Here is a brief selection of where it’s been covered:
The event was also listed in the New York Times’ Arts, Briefly section.
Image: Library of Congress
