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NSF PA/M 02-13 - February 27, 2002
Scientists, Officials to Examine Copenhagen Issues
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Rita Colwell
will join the President’s science advisor, John Marburger,
and renowned scientists and authors at a symposium
March 2 examining the World War II-era collaboration
of eminent physicists Werner Heisenberg and Niels
Bohr. The symposium will also explore the conjunction
of science and theater.
The symposium at the National Museum of Natural History
is supported by NSF and the Department of Energy in
conjunction with Michael Frayn's play "Copenhagen"
at the Kennedy Center. The play explores the 1941
meeting in Denmark between Bohr and Heisenberg (leader
of the Nazi nuclear program) and that meeting's influence
on the nuclear age.
Who:
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John Marburger III, President's Science
Advisor and Director, Office of Science
and Technology Policy
Rita Colwell, Director, National Science
Foundation
Robert Card, Under Secretary, Department
of Energy
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What:
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The Copenhagen Interpretation: Science
and History on Stage
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When:
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10 a.m.-5:50 p.m.
Sat., March 2
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Where:
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Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural
History,
Constitution Ave. & 10th St., NW, Washington,
D.C.
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For the symposium agenda, see: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/ashp/nml/artsci/symposium.html
For more information contact:
Amber Jones, (NSF) (703) 292-8070/aljones@nsf.gov
Jeff Sherwood, (DOE) (202) 586-4826/jeff.sherwood@hq.doe.gov
Non-media: Brian Schwartz (212) 817-7521/bschwartz@gc.cuny.edu
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