Lectures
Local and national experts frequently come to the Museum to speak on topics ranging from ancient science to today's headlines. Here is a listing of upcoming lectures. Unless otherwise noted, events are free.
- Raiders of the Lost Ark (Lecture)
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The Coolidge Corner Theatre introduces a new season of its popular Science on Screen series with a special showing of Steven Spielberg's adventure classic, Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Harrison Ford stars as Dr. Jones, a world-renowned professor of archaeology hired by the U.S. government to track down ... (details).
With: Curtis Runnels, professor of archeology, Boston University.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Science on Screen Series.
September 01, 2008
- Sustaining Life: A Conversation (Lecture)
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The Earth's biodiversity — the rich variety of life on our planet — is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while human health depends, to a larger extent than we might imagine, on biodiversity, this essential relationship is rarely addressed. Join this lively discussion about why we can no ... (details).
With: Eric Chivian, MD, founder, director, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; author, Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity; Edward O. Wilson, PhD, University Professor Emeritus, Harvard University; world-renowned research scientist; two-time Pulitzer Prize winning author; moderated by Noel Michele "Missy" Holbrook, PhD, Charles Bullard Professor of Forestry and professor of biology, Harvard University.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Celebrity Science Series.
October 03, 2008
- Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives (Lecture)
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The film Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives follows Mark Oliver Everett, lead singer of the cult band the Eels, on his quest to learn about his father, Hugh Everett III, a physicist who gave birth to one of science's most bizarre and influential theories. Everett's "many worlds" interpretation of quantum ... (details).
With: Max Tegmark, associate professor, department of physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paula Apsell, senior executive producer, Nova, WGBH.
October 15, 2008
- Bigfoot, Sea Serpents, and Cryptozoology (Lecture)
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Could hair samples be used to verify the existence of Bigfoot? Are unexplained animal droppings evidence of a new species? Do footprints hold the key to unlocking the mystery of the yeti? World-renowned cryptozoologist Loren Coleman has spent decades researching the existence of fantastical creatures ... (details).
With: Loren Coleman, leading cryptozoologist, author of The Field Guide to Bigfoot, Yeti, and Other Mystery Primates Worldwide and Cryptozoology A to Z.
October 29, 2008
- Innovation in Hollywood: Past, Present & Future (Lecture)
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Did you know that we wouldn't have VCRs were it not for Bing Crosby? That Technicolor, the company that brought a "magic rainbow" to the silver screen in The Wizard of Oz and Gone with the Wind, was founded in Boston in an old railroad car? Or that Thomas Edison invented the forerunner of the video iPod? ... (details).
With: Scott Kirsner, Boston Globe columnist; author, Inventing the Movies: Hollywood's Epic Battle Between Innovation and the Status Quo.
November 12, 2008
