Browsing 10 - 20 results of 28 programs for subject - History
The Exploratorium celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pi Day with a pie-throwing contest, Pi Day exhibits in Second Life, and more activities honoring everyone's favorite mathematical constant.
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History Watch ancient text revealed and read for the first time in a thousand years! Archimedes was one of the world's greatest scientific and mathematical minds. His thoughts were inscribed on goatskin parchment, but the letters and diagrams were scraped off and written over by Greek monks in the Middle Ages. Now, using an intense x-ray beam generated at Stanford University's linear accelerator, some of the original Greek text will be revealed for the first time in the modern world.
Project: Evidence: Ancient Writings Revealed | Browse All
Date: August 4, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): History, Technology A discussion about the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera are joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, moderates.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics A discussion about the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera are joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, moderates.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics Join the Live@ crew and NASA scientists as we delve into the ancient knowledge of the Chacoans, daily sky watchers who amassed a great knowledge about the movements of the sun. And learn why today's astronomers and solar physicists continue to watch the sun, using modern ground-based observatories and orbiting space telescopes.
Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Physics, History Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film takes a look behind the scenes at the Exploratorium. The film follows the development of three exhibits from prototype to museum floor. Palace of Delights won a Cine Golden Eagle Award and was shown at the International Film and Television Festival of New York.
Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
