Aud. A, Niels Bohr Institute
Blegdamsvej 17, Copenhagen
Lars Becker-Larsen presents his latest film, "The Moving Earth".
I am happy to invite you to the next seminar in our series. This time
the documentary film-maker Lars Becker-Larsen will present his latest
film "The Moving Earth", which has received excellent reviews in the
Danish news media. The synopsis below is drawn from the website
http://www.danishdoc.dk/
further information about the film.
After a short break, a discussion of the film from various
perspectives will be introduced by: Karin Tybjerg, historian of
science and Director of the Astronomical Unit of Kroppedal Museum;
Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor at Film and Media Studies, the
University of Copenhagen; and Benny Lautrup, Professor of Physics at
the Niels Bohr Institute.
I am happy to be able to show Lars Becker-Larsen's film in our seminar
series and look forward to seeing you at this event.
All the best,
Finn Aaserud
Niels Bohr Archive
History of Science Seminar
Synopsis:
The Earth is not the immovable centre of the world but a planet in
orbit around the sun: this was the claim made by the astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543. To the Christian church this was a heresy
that contravened the Word of God. For centuries to come great
scientists like Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton doggedly
pursued the notion of a moving earth, and from this epoch-making
process there emerged not only a new view of the world but the modern
natural sciences.
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