3:30–4:30 pm
Maria Goeppert-Mayer Lecture Hall
Kersten Physics Teaching Center
Room 106
5720 S. Ellis Avenue
How did Amy and Sheldon win their Nobel Prize?
David Saltzberg, University of California Los Angeles
Since 2006, I worked with the writers and other crew of the television situation comedy, The Big Bang Theory which just aired its season finale. I will talk about my experiences putting my University of Chicago physics PhD to work helping the writers and others tell this story as their "science consultant." Along the way, I've learned that comedy is an empirical subject. I'll share a few of the other things I learned about working with creative and dedicated people in an industry seemingly far from my own.
Event Type
Jun
6