Events
In addition to its regularly scheduled shows and presentations, the Museum frequently plans programs that happen both within the Exhibit Halls and around Boston. Whether you want to find stimulating conversation or gaze at the stars, this is the place to entertain your intellect.
- The Man in the White Suit (Lecture)
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Alec Guinness delivers one of his most beloved performances in this smart, satirical comedy that pits one inventor against the forces of Britain's textile industry. Sidney Stratton (Guinness) is a mild-mannered but single-minded research chemist on a quest to bring progress to mankind by inventing a ... (details).
With: Marc Abrahams, editor, Annals of Improbable Research and co-founder, Ig Nobel Prizes; Daniel Rosenberg, chemist, Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations Team.
This presentation is part of the ongoing Science on Screen Series.
September 06, 2010
- The Last Man on the Mountain: The Death of an American Adventurer on K2 (Lecture)
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Take a journey from the yacht clubs of America and the salons of Europe to the most forbidding landscape on Earth. In 1939, Dudley Francis Wolfe became the first man to climb K2, the world's second highest mountain. Wolfe, along with a team leader, reached a point higher than any other climbers, but he failed on descent at 25,000 feet ... (details).
With: Jennifer Jordan, award-winning author, filmmaker, and screenwriter.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Time Travelers.
October 01, 2010
- Citizen Chefs Meet Boston's Best (Lecture)
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Imagine getting a cooking lesson from the most celebrated chefs in the city. Some of Boston's best chefs, working side-by-side with citizen cooks, share their secrets for success while preparing a meal in the Museum's picturesque waterfront pavilion. Each culinary couple will create a delicious, healthy ... (details).
With: Jody Adams, cheftestant, Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters and chef/owner, Rialto; Chris Douglass, executive chef/owner, Tavolo and Ashmont Grill ; Tiffani Faison, Top Chef finalist and chef, Rocca; Rahul Moolgaonkar, executive chef, Wolfgang Puck Catering, Museum of Science; Jason Santos, contestant, Hell's Kitchen and executive chef, Gargoyles on the Square; Ana Sortun, cheftestant, Bravo TV's Top Chef Masters and chef/owner, Oleana; emceed by Annie B. Copps, senior food editor for Yankee Magazine .
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Let's Talk About Food.
October 09, 2010
- Food on Film Presents Fresh (Lecture)
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FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers, and business people across America who are reinventing our food system. Each has witnessed firsthand the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and morbid obesity ... (details).
With: Corby Kummer, host, The Atlantic Food Channel and author, The Pleasures of Slow Food; Julie A. Burba , certified culinary professional, Cambridge School of Culinary Arts ; Hannah Freedberg, development and outreach director, Mass Farmers Markets ; JJ Gonson, personal chef and food activist, Cuisine en Locale.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Let's Talk About Food.
October 09, 2010
- Present at the Creation (Lecture)
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How can the world's biggest atom smasher unlock the secrets of the universe? In March 2010, scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research broke all records by bashing protons at nearly the speed of light using a particle accelerator called the Large Hadron Collider.
Could the collider ... (details).
With: Amir D. Aczel, PhD, mathematician and international bestselling author; in conversation with physicist Stephen Reucroft, PhD.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Time Travelers.
October 27, 2010
- Food Matters: A Guide to Conscious Eating (Lecture)
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Please join us for this Reno Family Foundation Symposium, sponsored by Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and part of the Celebrity Science Series.
Mark Bittman is known for his no-nonsense style and no-frills approach to cooking. Drawing links between diet, health, and climate change, the popular food writer ... (details).
With: Mark Bittman, bestselling author and TV personality.
This presentation is part of the ongoing series Let's Talk About Food.
November 03, 2010
