Alan Lightman Talks with Felice Frankel

Monday, December 10, 2012, 5-6pm
300 Technology Square, Cambridge, MA 02139

Informed by his background in both physics and fiction, Alan Lightman talked with Felice Frankel, science photographer extraordinaire, about both the similarities and the differences in the way that scientists and artists think and approach the world. They also discussed the ways in which visual images help scientists think, and the ways in which science can be incorporated into artistic works, such as photographs, novels, and plays.

Alan Lightman is a physicist, writer, and social entrepreneur. He is a professor at MIT and the author of the internationally bestselling novel Einstein's Dreams, as well as numerous scientific articles in the field of astrophysics. He was the first professor at MIT to receive a joint appointment in the sciences and the humanities.

Science photographer Felice Frankel is a research scientist in the Center for Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Working in collaboration with other scientists and engineers, Felice's images have been published in National Geographic, Nature, Science, Newsweek, and Scientific American, among others.