Events Archive | Time Travelers
The Museum annually hosts dozens of special events featuring everything from astronauts to artists, robots to raptors. See who has joined us over the years for these special offerings; many listings include audio, video, and reference materials.
- 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
- 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 set out to become 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
