UNCERTAIN SCIENCE, UNCERTAIN TIMES
Selections and discussion of Michael Frayn’s Tony Award-winning play, Copenhagen
Moderated by Jay Ingram
Directed by Kevin Orr
Tuesday Oct. 22, 2013, 7:30 pm
Alumni Auditorium, Jock-Turcot University Centre, 85 University, University of Ottawa
Free
Donations accepted at the door
Reception to follow
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Limited seating! Register online by Sunday Oct. 20:
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The University of Ottawa Institute for Science, Society and Policy and the Situating Science national Strategic Knowledge Cluster the invite you to join us for a professionally staged reading of selections from Michael Frayn’s acclaimed play Copenhagen, which will be interwoven with expert panel discussions moderated by science broadcaster and author, Jay Ingram.
Copenhagen is based on the final meeting of Nobel-Prize winning physicists Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg in the midst of the 1940s War effort. The issues it raises concerning science, ethics and politics are as pressing as ever.
Stage readings by: Tibor Egervari, Peter Hawaorth, and Beverly Wolfe
Panelists:
Dr. Ted Hsu, Member of Parliament for Kingston and the Islands, Science and Technology Critic for the Liberal Party of Canada
Dr. Shohini Ghose, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Computer Science; Affiliate member, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and Director, Centre for Women in Science, Wilfred Laurier University
Dr. Robert Smith, Professor, Department of History and Classics, University of Alberta
REGISTER TO ATTEND THE OTHER 2 PUBLIC EVENTS TOO!
Register online today to attend the Monday Oct. 21 talk on “The Transformations in the Relations between Science, Policy and Citizens” and the “Influencers Panel” Wednesday Oct. 23:
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