Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2010
Volume 55, Number 2
Monday–Friday, March 15–19, 2010; Portland, Oregon
Session P7: Physics, Culture and the Arts |
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Philip L. Taylor, Case Western Reserve University Room: Portland Ballroom 254 |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
P7.00001: Physics and the Making of ``The Big Bang'' TV Comedy Series Invited Speaker: For the last three years I have served as the physics consultant for the popular television situation-comedy ``The Big Bang Theory'' which features physicists, astronomers, and engineers as its main characters. I will describe my role in the production. I will also describe the opportunities it has afforded for public outreach for physics and astronomy education. Based on my experience, I will discuss methods for interested scientists to get involved in the entertainment industry. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
P7.00002: Art, Science, and the Choreography of Creative Process Invited Speaker: Through my performance company, Capacitor, I have designed a novel conceptual space - ``the Capacitor Lab'' - where artists and scientists exchange ideas and information about a concept that underlies my next performance piece. In 2000, I invited astronomers to advise my company on Earth's relationship to outer space. In 2003, we invited geophysicists into the dance studio to advise us about the layers of the Earth. In 2006, we invited an ecologist to the Monteverde Cloud forest to advise us on the on the quiet interactions among animals and plants in the forest. Currently we are working on a piece about ocean exploration, marine ecology, and the physics of sound underwater. Each of these Capacitor Labs results in a conceptually-rich dance piece which we perform in cities nationally and internationally. In my talk, I take a deeper look at the creative process that scientists and artists share. In the Capacitor labs, the process serves not only our creative team, but also our participating scientists by giving them an opportunity to view their own work in a new light. These collaborations are part of my ongoing research into creative problem solving and my belief that it is essentially the same process regardless of its application. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
P7.00003: Science Is Art Invited Speaker: Michael Burke is an artist who's work combines scientific principles with aesthetic goals. He will describe how he became an artist after careers in astronomy and city planning, and discuss the supposed separation of science and art. The talk will be illustrated with photographs of his work, including an installation in an Etruscan tomb and one at the port city of Savona in Italy. Mr. Burke sees a romance in science equivalent to that of art, and will argue that the two should not be so resolutely separated. [Preview Abstract] |
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
P7.00004: Understanding Musical Instruments: Composing ``Updike's Science'' Invited Speaker: My subjects are the physics of music and the music of physics. First, I do some demonstrations illustrating the physics of brass musical instruments. Next, tenor Carl Halvorson will sing my song cycle ``Updike's Science.'' These songs are settings of humorous poems of John Updike. Each song is about a different branch of science: Thermodynamics, Particle Physics, Chemistry, Hydrodynamics, Cloud Physics, and Biology. [Preview Abstract] |
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