The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity July 14 - October 2, 2005 Every American child is taught to dream big — to become President, go for the gold, win the Nobel Prize. In a 5,000-square-foot West Coast premier exhibition, the Exploratorium presents a historic overview of the Nobel Prize, which was first awarded in 1901. The exhibition is perfect for anyone who wants to know genius intimately, and gain insight into the creative process. It is replete with the personal tools of prizewinners, multimedia, still and moving images of over fifty Laureates. This interactive exhibition is included in the price of admission.
Published: July, 2005
The Nobel Prize:
100 Years of Creativity
July 14 - October 2, 2005
Every American child is taught to dream big — to become President, go for the gold, win the Nobel Prize. In a 5,000-square-foot West Coast premier exhibition, the Exploratorium presents a historic overview of the Nobel Prize, which was first awarded in 1901. The exhibition is perfect for anyone who wants to know genius intimately, and gain insight into the creative process. It is replete with the personal tools of prizewinners, multimedia, still and moving images of over fifty Laureates. This interactive exhibition is included in the price of admission.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/05-71.html
Nobel Film Series
July - August
In conjunction with the exhibition The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity, the Exploratorium presents a Nobel Film Series. All films are shown in the McBean Theater at 2pm. Entrance to exhibit included in the price of admission.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/05-7Nobel3.html
Ongoing Films: Creative Individuals and Creative Milieus
The ability to see, think and formulate things in new ways is the basis of creativity. Yet the creative process contains many steps, and often a winding path. View 32 short films about Nobel Prize recipients and the paths leading up to their successes, illustrating different aspects of the creative process, as well as films documenting some of the most creative milieus of the 20th century.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/05-7.html
Interactive, Live,
STEM CELL Exhibit
July 1, 2005 - Jan. 8, 2006
Fridays-Sundays only, 10am-5pm
The Exploratorium has joined with University of California San Francisco
(UCSF) professor Bruce Conklin to develop a prototype exhibit for the public
that displays mouse pluripotent stem cells, which have the potential to become many different things.
In the first of its kind public display, the public can witness the transition from stem cells in their undifferentiated state to their progress toward becoming cells that can become the heart under the Exploratorium’s high-resolution microscope Imaging Station. Entrance to exhibit included in the price of admission.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pr/documents/05-7Interactive.html
Iron Science Teacher
Fridays in July (Noon - 1pm)
Cheer on the competitors in this zany, science cook-off, where teachers compete before a live audience for the revered title of "Iron Science Teacher." In a fast-paced atmosphere where showmanship and creativity reign, science teachers are given 10 minutes and a holiday-related secret ingredient to concoct a science activity that can be used in the classroom. This event is free with admission.
www.exploratorium.edu/iron_science
