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Author Archives: Karen A. Frenkel
The Connection Between Prime Numbers and Music
Prime numbers––those divisible only by themselves and one––have confounded mathematicians for centuries. Because mathematicians rely on patterns, the fact that primes occur at seemingly random intervals (2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13…) makes them the Holy Grail of math. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Film, television
Tagged BBC, Documentary, Marcus du Sautoy, primes, Riemann's Hypothesis
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The Inspired “Story of Math”
The excellent four-hour BBC documentary The Story of Math introduces viewers to the great mathematicians and their contributions by traveling to the places they lived and that inspired them. Host and Oxford Professor Marcus du Sautoy is most engaging as … Continue reading
Eric Kandel’s Quest: In Search of Memory
[Credit: Angela Radulescu, flickr.com] In Search of Memory, Petra Seeger’s documentary portraying Nobel Laureate Eric Kandel, is a manifestation of the associative quality of the human mind. It is a masterfully cut film that toggles back and forth in time. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Reviews, Uncategorized
Tagged Anschluss, Brooklyn, Eric Kandel, Holocaust, In search of memory, neuroscience, Vienna
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Ken Burns’ National Parks: from Scenery to Science – Part Two
The continuation of my interview (see the first part here) with filmmaker Ken Burns: KAF: At one point Dayton Duncan says that all he learned about science, he learned at the national parks and he emphasizes the role of rangers. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs, Features, Interview, Radio Segments
Tagged Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns, lodgepole pines, park ranger, science education, Zion National Park
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The Attraction of Magnetic Movie
Imagine Science Film Festival’s Nature Scientific Merit Award went to Magnetic Movie, a 4-minute, 47-second short by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt of Semiconductor Films. Theirs was one of 50 films representing 9 countries and selected from over 250 submissions. … Continue reading
Ken Burns’ National Parks: from Scenery to Science
Part One Ken Burns’ new series, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiered on Public Television stations nationwide during the last week of September. By the end of the first episode, I immediately recognized that this opus differed from past … Continue reading


