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NOVA Films at SLAC
By Stephon Alexander
NOVA, ARTE (France), Chan. 4 (UK), and NDR (Germany) are
collaborating on this year’s biggest science documentary, E=MC^2, an in
depth look at Einstein’s life and work. The last section of the TV
Special was filmed at SLAC on May 5, 6 and 7. The special will air in
September of this year, but SLAC will recieve an advance copy which will
be projected in the Auditorium.
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A film crew
from WGBH NOVA adjusts equipment between shoots in the CEH.
Sandy Pierson (RD), shown top left, oversees the camera crew at
work.
(Photo by John Shepardson) |
In this excerpt from his Quantum Diaries blog, SLAC
Theoretical Physicist, Stephon Alexander, talks about the recent visit
of the NOVA film crew. NOVA meets SLACERS
Trini Steff: Some people from England come all de way across de Atlantic
to film some ah we at SLAC and de facilities.
SLAC
Steff: Well thats awesome Steff, was it some documenatry by the usual
culprits. Steff: Boy if ah tell yuh, yuh mite tink
ah lyin, but es NOVA boy! SLAC Steff:
NOVA!!! dawg
they get 10 Million viewers a week. Thats a great thing for SLAC and its
about time since that place is the bomb. I hope they got some footage of
Bar Bar events. Trini Steff: How yuh mean? Dey get
meh main man Mike Kelsey at de control room an ting.
SLAC Steff: What about that cute experimentalist, Caolionn?
Trini Steff: Hey man doh disrespect me homegual Caolionn, she es a badd
ass, but deh film she too. SLAC Steff: So why did
the decide to come to SLAC
Trini Steff: Deh doing a
docudrama about the making of de famous equation discoverd by Einstein
E=MC^{2}. An since we make use of dis equation all de time at SLAC and
some of we work on related ideas deh decided to come down an capture
daily life. SLAC Steff: You forgot to tell the
people out there that there is a cool trailer they can check out on
Nova’s website
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/emc2/.
Trini Steff:
An big up to de people of de Caribbean and all de Trinis an meh peops at
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