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Friday Flicks Fall 2009

Fall Semester 2009

3:35-4:35pm Friday afternoons unless otherwise indicated
211 Davey Lab (inside the Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library, 201 Davey)
September 11

Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives

What does a musician in a rock band have in common with the physicist who developed the concept of parallel worlds?  The singer is the physicist's son.  Join the son as he tries to understand his father and the parallel worlds of quantum mechanics. (56 min)
September 18

Fractals: Hunting the Hidden Dimension

Fractals are everywhere, even if we don't always realize it.  Trace the development of fractal theory and its influence in things as wildly different as movie special effects, broccoli, and heart rhythms. (56 min.)

September 25

Chernobyl Heart

This Academy Award winning documentary (Best Documentary Short) shows the consequences of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident on the lives of people who lived in the region.  It particularly focuses on the health issues in children who were exposed to radiation. (40 min)

October 2

The Atom Smashers

Join the physicists at Fermilab in the race to find the Higgs boson.  Their rivals?  A group in Europe who are developing a much bigger and more powerful particle accelerator.  Who says science isn't personal? (73 min)
October 9

Monster of the Milky Way: A Supermassive Black Hole

For a long time, black holes were the stuff of science fiction, now scientists have found one in the middle of our own galaxy. What are black holes, and what are the implications for the long-term future of the Milky Way? (56 min)
October 16

The Uncertainty Principle: Making of an American Scientist

How does a scientist balance his or her personal and professional lives?  Follow physicist Keith Schwab through his years as a postdoc at Caltech as he attempts to do just that. (54 min)
October 23
No program scheduled.
October 30

What We Eat; Chocolate and Coffee

Two of our favorite foods, chocolate and coffee will be highlighted. When money grew on trees: the story of chocolate explores the history of this "food of the gods".   Taking the high grounds: the story of coffee describes how coffee, the most heavily used psychoactive substance on the planet, has changed the world.  (2 films, 30 minutes each)

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Nan Butkovich
Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
201 Davey Lab
814-865-3716

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John Meier
Physical and Mathematical Sciences Library
201 Davey Lab
814-867-1448

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