Alan Alda, award-winning actor and visiting professor at the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University, talks about his experiences with communicating science to the general public. Looking to close the gap between the scientific community and the public, Mr. Alda discusses what needs to be improved, and how science can be better understood.
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“You can’t get there by bus, only by hard work and risk and by not quite knowing what you’re doing. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover will be yourself.” -Alan Alda
I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
- Alan Alda
This is a bit of the excellent documentary "The Human Spark" featuring my friend John Shea teaching Alan Alda how to be a good hominid. No actual animals were speared during this video.
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Brilliant, thanks so much for sharing.
See link: https://journalism.cc.stonybrook.edu/?p=1032
Correction: Apparently, he is visiting professor at the faculty of School of Journalism at Stony Brook University, and works with the Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University.
When I checked out the web site for the university, and clicked on the "Centers" link, I could not find "Center for Communicating Science" :-(
A recent name change? A bug at the web site?
GeçtiÄimiz hafta deplasmanda EskiÅehirspor ile golsüz berabere kalarak averajla liderliÄi Fenerbahçeâye kaptıran Trabzonspor, Gaziantepsporâu maÄlup edip Fenerbahçeânin puan kaybetmesini bekleyecek. Avni Akerâde oynanacak müsabaka saat 19.00âda baÅlayacak. KarÅılaÅmayı Cüneyt Ãakır yönetecek. Bu arada Trabzonspor ile Gaziantepspor,bu akÅam yapacakları karÅılaÅmayla birlikte ligde 50. kez karÅı karÅıya gelecekler.
I need to communicate with Alan Alda.I have a suggestion for a great movie that he, and many more,as well as I, would benefit. He could use my email,anytime. Thank you. God bless.Yolanda