Cinema, theatre and science.: An example inspired by Einstein’s life and theories

• Autores: Marcella Giulia Lorenzi
• Localización: Avanca / Cinema 2012 / Cine Clube de Avanca (dir.), 2012, ISBN 978-989-96858-2-6, págs. 95-100
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • Science and the arts could be intermingled in different ways. Cinema and theatre, for example, can convey scientificconcepts, as well as be inspired by science or scientist’ lives in different ways. They could also be conceivedfollowing scientific or technological issues, both as sources of inspiration or of production. There are various possiblerelationships among them, as witnessed by a variety of specific cases. Anyway, arts can make possible a synergicdialogue between science and society.In particular, as an example, in this paper we will analyze in which way a play (“Traveling with Albert”) inspired byAlbert Einstein’s true life and science was created and represented on stage. In addition, a movie has been madeout of it. A new interactive version of it is under preparation. “Traveling with Albert” is set approximately in 1895,when the young Albert Einstein is living in Pavia, Italy, and beginning to cultivate his interests in physics. Whiletraveling on a train from Milan to Genoa, he meets a girl named Ernestina, whom he falls in love with and is witnessto a strange incident of a supposed theft. The inquiry of the theft is conducted by the young Einstein himself andmakes him prematurely guess the principle of relativity. “Travelling With Albert” is written by Edoardo Erba, one ofthe best Italian playwrights. The play is usually followed by a lecture by one of us (Mauro Francaviglia), world famousas a scientist, expert in Relativity.