There will be a special Open Lecture in BIO300 on Tuesday Oct 29 at 12-14 in Egget because Mark Levinson said «yes» to my request that he talk with us about science communication.

Who? The director of Particle Fever, coming to the Bergen International Film Festival in about ten days. About the discovery of the Higgs Boson and featuring the scientists who made it happen (ie this year’s Nobel Prize winner…).

SHORT SYNOPSIS: Imagine being able to watch as Edison turned on the first light bulb, or as Franklin received his first jolt of electricity. For the first time, a film gives audiences a front row seat to our generation’s most significant and inspiring scientific breakthrough as it happens. Particle Fever follows six brilliant scientists during the launch of the Large Hadron Collider, marking the start-up of the biggest and most expensive experiment in the history of the planet, pushing the edge of human innovation. As they seek to unravel the mysteries of the universe, 10,000 scientists from over 100 countries joined forces in pursuit of a single goal: to recreate conditions that existed just moments after the Big Bang and find the Higgs boson, potentially explaining the origin of all matter.  But our heroes confront an even bigger challenge: have we reached our limit in understanding why we exist? Directed by Mark Levinson, a physicist turned filmmaker, and masterfully edited by Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now, The English Patient), Particle Fever is a celebration of discovery, revealing the very human stories behind this epic machine.

So if you ever wondered how a good story gets chosen, come talk with Mark Levinson between 12 and 14 on Tuesday Oct 29 in Egget at the Student Center.

Be there!

cheers

Karin
Course Leader BIO300 with Knut Helge Jensen
Fisheries Ecology and Aquaculture Research Group
Dept. of Biology
Thormøhlensgate 53B
University of Bergen
5020 Bergen
NORWAY