In Boston, Zimmer on viruses and tattoos
Carl Zimmer, a journalist who writes for the NYTimes and others, tooled around Boston and Cambridge this week. First up, the Coolidge Corner Theatre, where Zimmer talked about viruses at a screening of the film "12 Monkeys."
Museum of Science, Boston | Events | 12 MonkeysPopular science writer Carl Zimmer delves into these questions by looking at the ... The New York Times Book Review calls Carl Zimmer &...- From Internet Movie Database: "12 Monkeys": "In a future world devastated by disease, a convict is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet." Terry Gilliam directs Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt
Zimmer: Like Willis in 12 Monkeys, virus hunters must go back in time #scienceonscreen- From the Coolidge Corner Theatre: "Science on Screen creatively pairs screenings of classic, cult, and documentary films with lively introductions by notable figures from the world of science, technology, and medicine. Each film is used as a jumping off point for the speaker to reveal current scientific research or technological advances, providing the perfect combination of entertainment and enlightenment - even for the most science-phobic culture vulture!"
- Zimmer:SARS-Creepiest, most movie-like virus in recent history. Movie "Contagion" = ramped up SARS imdb.com/title/tt159877… #scienceonscreen
- From Slate: Is Contagion a public health campaign? I don't think so. The Centers for Disease Control didn't produce it; Hollywood did. It's a movie—but it's a movie for which the creators talked to people who actually deal with viruses and epidemics. And for that, I give them a lot of credit. It's rare to find a movie that tries to show what scientists actually do, rather than putting an actor in a lab coat and having him fight bug-faced aliens.
- Zimmer: AIDS Researchers used preserved tissue from Congo, built evolutionary trees to go back in time, a la 12 Monkeys #scienceonscreen
Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos: Scientific American ...Aug 26, 2011 ... Carl Zimmer on Rats, Cats, Viruses and Tattoos. In part 2 of our interview, award- winning author Carl Zimmer talks abo...- Zimmer: About 100K pieces of your genome from #viruses. Pandemics of the past #scienceonscreen re: 12 Monkey
- Zimmer/ 12 Monkeys talk : Viruses can wake up after 2 million years.”Hollywood take notice.” A script waiting to be written #scienceonscreen
- Zimmer/ 12 Monkeys talk: Not saying that viruses make us human but … maybe bit.ly/rOz0ev #scienceonscreen
- Globe Q&A w/ Zimmer:
Q. Has your research into viruses made you paranoid about them?
A. I don’t think I’m paranoid. Sometimes I feel very fatalistic. Sometimes you just think oh, gosh, something like the movie “12 Monkeys’’ - you start to think, maybe that could happen. I think that one’s a little extreme, but still, there’s some serious trouble ahead, I’m sure.
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DIG THIS: CARL ZIMMER, SCIENCE INK @ HARVARD MUSEUM ...2 days ago ... This lecture with author Carl Zimmer, however, focuses on a lesser-known category of body-art: science tattoos. With cop...
Of helixes, neurons, and chemicals | Harvard Gazette1 day ago ... Author Carl Zimmer discusses his book “Science Ink: Tattoos of the Science Obsessed" as part of the author series at...- Science Writer Talks Tattoos | News | The Harvard Crimson1 day ago ... Author Carl Zimmer discusses his latest book about the scientific significance of tattoos at the Harvard Museum of Natura...
