Free Discussion: Visualizing the Cosmos: Science | Art | History

Free exhibition tour and artist talks Date: Saturday November 7, 12 pm Meet at entrance 11:30 am Venue: Wende Museum - A-Frame Theater 10808 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230 Free but you must register: https://wendemuseum.org/event/visualizing-the-cosmos-science-art-history/ Visualizing the Cosmos: Science \| Art \| History is a panel presented by the Wende Museum and the History of Science Society. Nobel laureate and astrophysicist Kip Thorne, artist Lia Halloran, and NASA historian Lois Rosson, co-curator of the exhibition Competing Cosmologies: Interpreting the Sky*, discuss how visual artists and scientists have inspired each other to build a deeper understanding of the universe and the forces that shape it. History of Science Society president Soraya de Chadarevian and the Wende’s Chief Curator Joes Segal moderate. How did we arrive at the images in astronomical reference books, and what aesthetic decisions stood behind them? How have scientists developed their work through collaborations with artists? And how have the interactions between artists and scientists changed over time? Kip Thorne is an astrophysicist and author. He shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics with Rainer Weiss and Barry C.