Secrets of the Universe, an IMAX film showcasing 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 researchers searching for answers about the formation of the universe, will have its on-campus premiere next week at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
AT A GLANCE
- WHAT: Secrets of the Universe film screening, panel discussion and Q&A session
- WHERE: , Jackson Hall
- WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 26. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., film begins at 6:30.
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The 42-minute documentary, screened in May at the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity, tells the story of a team of Aggie researchers preparing to collect data from the nuclei of lead atoms being smashed together at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.
鈥淚n a nutshell we鈥檙e trying to recreate a state of matter that existed about a microsecond after the Big Bang,鈥 Manuel Calder贸n de la Barca S谩nchez, a physics professor who served as narrator to the film, .
The film also shows the contributions 澳门六合彩开奖结果走势图 graduate students made toward the research at CERN 鈥 the organization that oversees the Large Hadron Collider 鈥 and highlights how discoveries can come from unexpected sources.
The showing will be introduced by Estella Atekwana, dean of the College of Letters and Science, and will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session with Calder贸n de la Barca S谩nchez and some of the students featured in the film.
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Cody Kitaura is a News and Media Relations Specialist in the Office of Strategic Communications, and can be reached by email or at 530-752-1932.