Combining Art and Science Through Character

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Channel: World Science Festival · 2016 · Science & Technology

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Science is a slow-moving, ponderous. often opaque process. So how do you tell its story on a screen or stage? At the 2016 World Science Festival, physicist and writer Alan Lightman discussed how to center on a compelling character's narrative and weave the facts of science into the tale.

Watch the full program here: https://youtu.be/OUR1iFC9Ens
Original Program Date: June 5, 2016
MODERATOR: Lynn Sherr
PARTICIPANTS: Alan Alda, Matt Brown, Alan Lightman, Peter Parnell, Anna Ziegler

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