AMNH Presents | Frontiers Lecture: The First Seconds of the Universe
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesTheoretical astrophysicist Dan Hooper explores what scientists know and what they are still struggling to understand about the very first seconds—and fractions of a second—after the Big Bang. Hooper proposes in his new book At the Edge of Time that it is in studying these initial moments that we will unlock great truths about the universe. A book signing […]
Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from […]
Special Preview: Investigation Discovery’s In Memoriam
Paley Center 25 West 52 Street, New York, NY, United StatesIn the United States, there is an active shooter incident every twelve days. The Paley Center is offering a preview of In Memoriam, an Investigation Discovery documentary that explores the emotional impact on the survivors of three recent mass shootings. In this film we experience the wrenching perspective of wounded survivors, grieving relatives, and heroes of […]
The Roots of Disagreement
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New York, NY, United StatesWe all live in the same world, but interpret it differently. In this talk, NYU Professor Pascal Wallisch will use perceptual illusions to explore why different people experience our shared world in distinct ways and discuss how disagreements can be resolved and common ground can be restored. We will discuss - in particular - the […]
Math Encounters: “Tales of Impossibility: The Problems of Antiquity” with David Richeson
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United States“Nothing is impossible!” While it is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment — it’s the American dream, after all — there are impossible things. Ancient Greek geometers and future generations of mathematicians tried and failed to square circles, trisect angles, double cubes, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge. Join David Richeson, Professor of […]