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American Physical Society. Annual Meeting (2015: San Antonio, Tex.)
Staged Reading of the Play: Background [sound recording], 2015 March 4.
Audio recording of session R54 of the March 2015 annual meeting of the American Physical Society, held in San Antonio, Texas in March 2015. The play is based on the true story of New York cosmologist Dr. Ralph Alpher. The play moves backwards, as does the study of the origins of the universe, to trace the path of the forgotten and unaccredited scientist, who before the technology was capable, provided the mathematical proof of the existence of Cosmic Background Radiation. Twenty years later after two other scientists found the actual radiation and received Nobel Prizes for their accidental discovery, Ralph suffers a heart attack due to the stress of being snubbed. It is from this moment he traces backwards through his life and, ultimately, to the beginning of time. The play relies on silence, pace, and metaphor to deliver a striking, sometimes mystical look into the science of behind humans, and the humanity behind a scientist. Play by Lauren Gunderson and performed by The Overtime Theater of San Antonio. Arranged by special permission of The Gersh Agency. After the performance, the director and actors were available for a talk-back audience discussion.
This professional society of educators, industrial and government research workers, and students of physics and related fields, was established in 1899 to promote the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. It was a founding Member Society of the American Institute of Physics. The American Physical Society (APS) meetings are a forum for scientists to gather and share research results on a wide range of physics and physics-related topics.
Alpher, Ralph 1921-2007
Cosmic background radiation
Cosmology
Gunderson, Lauren
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
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