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> October 20, 2000:
Hour Two: Math and Science
on Stage and Screen
| Math and science aren't just for textbooks
anymore. "Hard" sciences have been crossing over into
the realm of the arts quite a bit in recent months, making quite
an impact on the theater world. "Copenhagen," which portrays
Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg, won a Tony for best play. "Proof,"
which focuses on the relationships of a young mathematician, is
set to open on Broadway next week. |
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Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" has been one of his greatest
critical and popular successes -- and it contains long discourses on
mathematics. On the silver screen, "Pi" and "Good Will
Hunting" have both used mathematical themes.
There's even a musical in development about Fermat's Last Theorem.
On this hour of Science Friday, we'll talk about the move of math and
science from the chalkboard to the footlights. Call in with your comments
and questions at 1-800-989-8255.
Guests:
David Auburn
Playwright, "Proof"
Brooklyn, New York
Bob Osserman
Author, "Poetry
of the Universe: A Mathematical Exploration of the Cosmos"
Professor Emeritus, Mathematics
Stanford University
Special Projects Director
Mathematical Sciences Research Institute
Berkeley, California
Michael Gregory
Director, NEXA Program (a
science and humanities convergence program)
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California
Books/Articles Discussed:
Related Links:
"Proof" on Broadway
Scientific
American: Reviews: Sex and Complexity: 7/97
"Copenhagen"
on Broadway
"Pi" the movie
"Good
Will Hunting"
"Copenhagen"
Play Portrays Bohr and Heisenberg
Mathematical
Fiction -- Category: Play
Djerassi.com:
"Oxygen"
Cornell
U.:Hoffmann, colleague write "Oxygen"
- MSRI:
Mathematics in Arcadia : Tom Stoppard In Conversation with Robert
Osserman
- MSRI:
Galileo
Produced By: Karin Vergoth
Web Producer: Charles
Bergquist
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