The Impact of the Atom Film and Lecture Series (2020)
By Charles Levy - U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Public Domain
The Impact of the Atom Film and Lecture Series was offered in conjunction with a course for undergraduates—“The Impact of the Atom” (PHYS 296)—taught in Spring 2020 by Shelly Lesher, Yale Presidential Visiting Fellow and visiting associate professor in Physics in residence at Wright Lab. The series was open to the public, with films screened at the Whitney Humanities Center.
Program
January 26 - Godzilla
February 9 - Dr. Strangelove
February 19- The Craft of Writing with Richard Rhodes
February 20 - Richard Rhodes (Yale ‘59): Arsenals of Folly: The Parasitism of Nuclear Policy
February 23 - Atomic Café
February 27 - Leslie Dewan: Save the world with nuclear power
April 8 - Ambassador Linton Brooks - public appearance cancelled due to COVID-19