Category: Science on Screen
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Science on Screen: Dr. Strangelove with Sandra Chapman
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The third Science on Screen of the third series was presented by Sandra Chapman (Professor of Physics at University of Warwick), who chose Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove. Sandra described some of the salient features of complex systems,
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Science on Screen: Particle Fever with Semir Zeki
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The second Science on Screen of the third series was presented by Semir Zeki (Professor of Neuroesthetics at UCL), who chose Dir Mark Levinson’s Particle Fever. Semir described how brain scans are now beginning to reveal centres of the brain associated with […]
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Science on Screen: Minority Report presented by Venki Ramakrishnan
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Minority Report explores a world where a technological breakthrough has allowed mankind to foresee violent crimes a few minutes before they take place. The predictions are infallible except – and here the logic must not be excessively scrutinised — a special police […]
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Science on Screen: Westworld presented by LML Fellow Alex Adamou
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The final event of Season 2 of Science on Screen saw LML Resident Fellow, Alex Adamou, present Michael Crichton’s 1973 directorial debut, Westworld. Alex argued that the genre of science fiction, by creating models of reality with adjustable parameters, is more an exploration of society […]
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Science on Screen: The Killing with Ron Dickman
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The fifth Science on Screen of the second series was presented by Ron Dickman (Professor of Physics at the Federal University of Minas Gerais), who chose Stanley Kubrick’s The Killing.
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Simon Dedeo’s Science on Screen presentation published
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If you’ve missed Simon Dedeo‘s introduction to the cult movie Pi, you can now read a full write-up at Balmond Studio: http://tip.balmondstudio.com/tip/chasing-pattern/
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Science on Screen: Wild Strawberries with Geoff West
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The fourth Science on Screen of the second series was presented by Geoff West (Distinguished Professor and past President of the Santa Fe Institute), who chose Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries.
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Science on Screen: Pi with Simon DeDeo
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The third Science on Screen of the second series was presented by Simon DeDeo, who chose Darren Aronofksy’s cult film Pi. Simon gave an entertaining introduction to patterns, and how we as humans are primed to see them everywhere, either consciously or subconsciously.
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Science on Screen: Frankenstein with AC Grayling
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The second Science on Screen of the current series was presented by AC Grayling, who chose the iconic 1931 version of Frankenstein. While the film does a considerable disservice to the many questions raised in Mary Shelley’s novel,
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Science on Screen: The Life of Pi with Henrik Jensen
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Henrik Jensen began the second season of Science on Screen with a thoughtful presentation on the role of narrative. As well as organising information plausibly and consistently, a narrative’s most important function