Poets of Progress and Doom

Movies and the concerns of the public have shown us a curious symbiosis over the years. How we see science has a lot to do with how we see the world, and vice versa. Films have acted as a barometer for the interests or fears of a particular time. And while they introduce questions about the validity of their science, movies like The Day After Tomorrow and Kinsey display, each in their own way, a startling ability to raise public awareness of certain issues. So with films preoccupied by cloning, climate change, and viruses, what does the "real science" have to say about these issues? Do movies help and hurt that view? This year's panel, sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, invites John Underkoffler, Dr. Lawrence Krauss, Dr. Peggy LeMone, and Shane Carruth (Primer) to talk about fact and fiction, imagination and reality.

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John Underkoffler
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Lawrence Krauss
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Peggy LeMone
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Shane Carruth
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