Entertaining Science – The Back Story
May 3rd — THE HARMONIC DESTINY OF HEALING
The series runs at 6pm on the first Sunday of each month, and is coordinated by founder, chemist and poet Roald Hoffmann of Cornell University with neuroscientist and composer Dave Soldier (aka Dave Sulzer) of Columbia University.
Past participants include scientists from a broad range of fields, including Oliver Sacks, Benoit Mandelbrot, Joseph Le Doux, Carl Djerassi, Paul Greengard, Roger Payne and Mark Moffet, paired with the likes of downtown musicians, actors, filmmakers, playwrights, choreographers and flamenco dancers, bluegrass bands, and,photographers including Vitaly Komar, Elliott Sharp, Phoebe Legere, Mark Mitton and NelidaTirado.
All inquiries can be directed to Monsieur Dave Soldier.
Selected press:
–Seed magazine
–Bulletin of the American Academy of Science
– the Lancet (on Dave Sulzer & Rebecca Cherry’s show)
–Entertaining Science Blog
–Squidco
-And, of course, Roald Hoffmann’s website
THE HARMONIC DESTINY OF HEALING 5/3/2015
Links to Entertaining Science shows will redirect to the Performances page of the Cornelia Street Café website.
EGGSTRAVAGANZA (And Chickens Too!) 4/5/2015
PLUTO & THE ICE PRINCESS 3/1/2015
THE SIGHTS & SOUNDS OF SATURN’S SYSTEMS 2/1/2015
SOUND SYMMETRY – PATTERNS OF MIND 1/4/2015
SO YOU THINK YOU’VE HEARD IT ALL? 12/2/2014
SEEING IS BELIEVING: FLUORESCING MOLECULES, RNA ZIPCODES AND CROCHETED MERMAIDS 11/2/2014
THE BIG MELT: TALES OF ANTARCTICA 10/5/2014
ONE NOTE AT A TIME? IT DOESN’T HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT! 9/7/2014
UNFOLDING EVOLUTION 6/1/2014
LIFE’S MUSIC 5/4/2014
SING TO ME, O NATURAL PHILOSOPHER! 4/6/2014
EDGES AND GRAVITONS 3/2/2014
MUSIC, LANGUAGE LEARNING US 2/2/2014
SMALL, DEADLY, AND DELICIOUS 1/5/2014
CO-SEISMIC PIANO 12/1/2013
EXPLOSIVE EVOLUTION IN BIRDS 11/3/2013
INTERACTIONS : SO COMPLICATED IT’S SIMPLE 10/6/2013
CIAO BELLA! WHAT MAKES AN ARIA OR AN ALCOHOL BEAUTIFUL? 9/1/2013
MARS ! 6/9/2013
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES 5/12/2013
ON PAPER 4/14/2013
NOW HEAR THIS! 3/10/2013
A JUMP INTO THE GENE POOL 2/10/2013
FLIGHT CLUB 12/9/2012
YOU ARE WHAT YOU HEAR 11/11/2012
IT YEAST AIN’T THE SAME 10/14/2012
HEARTS AND DEVILS 9/9/2012
PAY ATTENTION! 6/10/2012
RHAPSODY FOR PIANO AND UNIVERSE 5/13/2012
LOOPS, WAVES AND TEXTURES 4/8/2012
BEAUTY AND THE BEASTIES 3/11/2012
THE TWO GARYS–GUITAR ZERO & EXPONENTIAL 2/12/2012
SILENT GENES AND GENTLE SONGS 1/8/2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, O UNIVERSE 12/11/2011
THE DRONE AND THE UNIVERSE 11/13/2011
ANGULAR MOMENTUM OF THE HUMAN BODY 10/9/2011
MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE (AND MONKEYS) 9/11/2011
UNDRUGGABLE PROTEINS AND IMPOSSIBLE PIANO MUSIC 7/10/2011
SINGING IN THE BRAIN 6/12/2011
BRAIN TRAUMA & ONE MAN’S MUSIC 5/8/2011
SING TO US, PLANETS 4/10/2011
AIDS ~ WITH HEART, HUMOR AND HOPE 3/13/2011
EXPOSURE: RADIOACTIVITY FROM MARIE CURIE TO TODAY 2/13/2011
ABSTRACTION & PASSION: THE BRAINWAVE MUSIC PROJECT 1/9/2011
ADVENTURES AMONG THE ANTS 5/2/2010
CAN CULTURE EMERGE FROM SCRATCH? 3/7/2010
THE CAMERA NEVER LIES 2/7/2010
EXTREMES 1/3/2010
YOU SEE WHAT YOUR BRAIN WANTS YOU TO SEE 12/6/2009
SHAPES & ENERGIES: LOVE & HATE AMONG THE ATOMS 11/1/2009
NATURAL LAW: DARWIN’S TANGLED BANK 10/4/2009
THE WORLDS WE MAKE UP 9/6/2009
ACQUA! THE SOUNDS AND SCIENCE OF WATER 6/7/2009
EL BAILE BACTERIANO! 5/3/2009
ANNIHILATION! 4/5/2009
NANOARCHITECTURES: WHY MORE OF LESS IS MORE! 3/1/2009
JEDUTHUN’S HEIRS: JEWISH GENES, JEWISH GROOVES 2/1/2009
FLEAS ON STEROIDS 1/4/2009
A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE LAB 12/7/2008
IMAGINE SCIENCE IN FILM 11/2/2008
THE HAPHAZARD CONSTRUCTION OF THE HUMAN MIND 10/5/2008
TABOOS 9/7/2008
WAVE/PARTICLE 6/1/2008
WHY DO WHALES SING? 5/4/2008
IT’S THE WAY IT SHATTERS THAT MATTERS 3/2/2008
FIVE FEET HIGH AND RISING 2/3/2008
SEACHANGE: REVERSING THE TIDE 1/6/2008
THINKING, FEELING 12/2/2007
ALL IS PATTERN 11/4/2007
HARMONIOUS TRIADS 10/7/2007
SCENTS & SENSIBILITY: HOW YOUR NOSE KNOWS 8/30/2007
COLTRANE, EINSTEIN, AND COSMOLOGY 2 7/1/2007
REFLECTIONS OF THE ANIMAL MIND 6/3/2007
HE SAYS, SHE SAYS, EITHER WAY IT’S ALL PHALLACY 5/6/2007
A RIFF ON THE WAY TO STRUCTURE 4/1/2007
ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTICS 3/4/2007
MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL 2/4/2007
COSI SIMILI, COSI DIVERSE 1/7/2007
I FORGOT TO LEARN TO FORGET 12/3/2006
NAMING NATURE 11/5/2006
CHATEAU JIAHU, VINTAGE 7000 BC 10/15/2006
CHOICES 9/3/2006
FINALLY WITH WOMEN 8/6/2006
SMALL TALK AMONG THE BACTERIA 6/4/2006
BIOMINERALIZATION: THE BEAUTY OF FUNCTION 5/7/2006
AFTERNOON OF THE CHIMERAS 4/2/2006
IN YOUR EAR 3/5/2006
DARWIN’S BIRTHDAY BASH 2/5/2006
NEON! 12/4/2005
IMPROVISING ON CHAOS 11/13/2005
GM FOODS; MONSTERS OR MIRACLES? 10/2/2005
FERNS 9/4/2005
FROM SAMARKAND TO CORDOBA 8/7/2005
SCIENCE AND THE MORAL LIFE–A MISMATCH? 6/5/2005
WHY DO BIRDS SING? 5/1/2005
EIN STEIN FÜR EINSTEIN 4/3/2005
SHUFFLE OFF THIS MORTAL COIL 3/6/2005
ECO-OPERA-EVO 2/6/2005
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