Friday, June 26th, 2009

Summer Science Movies

courtesy Angels and Demons / Sony Pictures

Need some entertainment this summer? We'll talk about the art and science of several films out this summer, from documentaries chronicling an astronomy project, to a mass-market blockbuster featuring antimatter in a supporting role. How do science fact and science fiction intertwine on the silver screen?

Guests

Sidney Perkowitz
Author, "Hollywood Science: Movies, Science and the End of the World" (Columbia University Press, 2007)
Professor of Physics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia

Michael Tuts
U.S. ATLAS Operations Program Manager at CERN
Professor, Physics
Columbia University
New York, New York

Paul Devlin
Director, Blast!
New York, New York

Mark Devlin
Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Alex Rivera
Director, Sleep Dealer
New York, New York

Related Links

• BLAST The Movie
• Angels and Demons - Sony Pictures
• CERN: Angels and Demons: The Science Behind the Story
• The Sleep Dealer
• NY Times interactive: Alex Rivera, the director of “Sleep Dealer,” narrates a look at a scene from his futuristic film.

Segment produced by:Laura Pelcher

Image: BLAST balloon inflated and prepared to launch
Photo by: Mark Halpern, courtesy BLAST The Movie

Image:
Image courtesy The Sleep Dealer

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