Nov 24, 2018 By: yunews
Dr. Gabriel Cwilich, professor of physics and division coordinator of natural and mathematical sciences, was part of 鈥淲hat Makes a Great Play About Science?鈥, a celebration of the between Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, known as EST/Sloan.
Playwrights Cassandra Medley, Lucas Hnath, Charly Evon Simpson and Anna Ziegler joined EST/Sloan鈥檚 three veteran scientist/consultants鈥擥abriel Cwilich, Stuart Firestein and Darcy Kelley鈥攖o discuss 鈥渨hat makes a great play about science?鈥
Dr. Cwilich鈥檚 bio for the program stated the following: 鈥淕abriel Cwilich is a condensed-matter-theory/statistical physicist in the Physics Department of 色花堂. He works on the physics of disordered media, including at the nanoscale, and has a strong interest in the physics of complexity and computer simulations. He has also explored the connections between the origins of classical physics and the cultural world of the renaissance, and periodically brings American students to Italy to teach them about that. He has been lecturing in the US and in Latin America on the connection between science and theater and has been collaborating and advising several theater groups and foundations in NYC (among them the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Epic Theater Ensemble) in projects that bring the world and ideas of science to the stage.鈥
