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Hollywood Science: How the Movies Present Our World
Vicki McKenna
Tue Jan 4, Sun Jan 9, Thu Jan 13, Thu Jan 27, 07-09:00pm, 54-915

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

This short movie series is a companion to the 2005 EAPS Lecture Series on Natural Disasters. Spend part of your evening watching a Hollywood disaster movie, and the following noon come hear the real deal on the related science. Popcorn and soda provided.

  • Armageddon - Jan. 4
  • Day After Tomorrow - Jan. 10     Note new day.
  • Hurricane - Jan. 11
  • The Core - Jan. 13
  • Earthquake - Jan. 18
  • Space 1999 - Jan. 24
  • Documentary on Venice flooding - Jan. 25
  • Volcano - Jan. 27
    Web: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/events/lecture_series#movies.shtml
    Contact: Vicki McKenna, 54-910, x3-3380, vsm@mit.edu
    Sponsor: Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences
    Latest update: 10-Jan-2005

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