On the 30th anniversary of Edoardo Amaldi’s death, you are invited to the public screening of The Decision - Edoardo Amaldi and Science without Borders on Wednesday 11 December, at 4.30 p.m. in CERN's Main Auditorium. This historical documentary is the English version of the Italian film La Scelta, by E. Agapito and Adele La Rana.
The film tells the story of the life and works of one of the most relevant scientific figures of the 20th century, from his commitment to the creation of CERN and ESA and the reconstruction of European physics to his contributions to the search of gravitational waves. The film will be introduced by Nobel Laureate Barry Barish, who is writing a biography of Amaldi with film screen writer and physics historian Adele La Rana.
Film in English.
The screening will take place in CERN's Main Auditorium. Mandatory registration to obtain an access card to the CERN site on https://indico.cern.ch/e/AMALDIdocumentary
This event is organised in the framework of a special Nobel week at CERN to celebrate gravity waves, laser light and CERN’s Founding Father Edoardo Amaldi. Two exceptional colloquia will also be available by webcast:
- Tuesday 10 December at 4.30 p.m. - Nobel colloquium “Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves” by Barry Barish (LIGO/VIRGO collaboration, Caltech), co-recipient of the 2017 Physics Nobel prize. Watche the webcast https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i867648
- Thursday December 12 at 4.30 p.m. - Nobel Colloquium “Passion Extreme Light” by Gerard Mourou (Ecole Polytechnique), co-recipient of the 2018 Physics Nobel prize. Watch the webcast https://webcast.web.cern.ch/event/i867635