Science on Screen Presents "The Man in the White Suit"
Sep 6, 2010 | Monday
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Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 7 – 9:45 p.m. The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a new season of Science on Screen with a special showing of "The Man in the White Suit," the 1951 comedy classic about a mild-mannered but single-minded research chemist (Alex Guinness) determined to bring progress to mankind by developing a new kind of fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. Before the film, Marc Abrahams discusses some of th...
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Science on Screen Presents "The Man in the White Suit" at Harvard University
Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA
Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 7 – 9:45 p.m.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a new season of Science on Screen with a special showing of "The Man in the White Suit," the 1951 comedy classic about a mild-mannered but single-minded research chemist (Alex Guinness) determined to bring progress to mankind by developing a new kind of fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. Before the film, Marc Abrahams discusses some of the world’s most unusual inventions, while Daniel Rosenberg addresses the feasibility of developing everlasting, dirt-resistant clothing.
Gazette Classification: Comedy, Film, Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Coolidge Corner Theatre. Co-presented by The Museum of Science, Boston and New Scientist magazine
Speaker(s): Marc Abrahams, editor, Annals of Improbable Research and founder, Ig Nobel Prizes; Daniel Rosenberg, chemist, Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations Team
Cost: $9.75 general admission; $7.75 students and Museum of Science members
Ticket Web Link: www.coolidge.org…
Ticket Info: Tickets available online at www.coolidge.org/showtimes or at the Coolidge Corner Theatre box office, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline
Contact Info: Coolidge Corner Theatre: 617.734.2500
More info: www.coolidge.org…
Mon., Sep. 6, 2010, 7 – 9:45 p.m.
The Coolidge Corner Theatre kicks off a new season of Science on Screen with a special showing of "The Man in the White Suit," the 1951 comedy classic about a mild-mannered but single-minded research chemist (Alex Guinness) determined to bring progress to mankind by developing a new kind of fabric that never gets dirty and never wears out. Before the film, Marc Abrahams discusses some of the world’s most unusual inventions, while Daniel Rosenberg addresses the feasibility of developing everlasting, dirt-resistant clothing.
Gazette Classification: Comedy, Film, Lecture, Special Events
Organization/Sponsor: Coolidge Corner Theatre. Co-presented by The Museum of Science, Boston and New Scientist magazine
Speaker(s): Marc Abrahams, editor, Annals of Improbable Research and founder, Ig Nobel Prizes; Daniel Rosenberg, chemist, Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations Team
Cost: $9.75 general admission; $7.75 students and Museum of Science members
Ticket Web Link: www.coolidge.org…
Ticket Info: Tickets available online at www.coolidge.org/showtimes or at the Coolidge Corner Theatre box office, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline
Contact Info: Coolidge Corner Theatre: 617.734.2500
More info: www.coolidge.org…
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