Professor Paul Olsen in Conversation with Professor Jonathan Weiner: Do Dinosaurs Still Hold Dominion?
Are dinosaurs truly living around us today? What does studying dinosaurs tell us about life on Earth today? How can science be made accessible? What can films like Jurassic World Dominion teach us about science journalism? Do such Hollywood portrayals help or hurt our understanding of evolution and life on Earth?
Join Arthur D. Storke Memorial Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and member of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Paul Olsen, in conversation with Maxwell M. Geffen Professor of Medical and Scientific Journalism Jonathan Weiner, for an unforgettable discussion on the history of dinosaurs, their relevance today, and the importance of scientific research and its relation to our understanding of the origins of life.
Weiner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, and Olsen, a celebrated paleontologist, will cover a range of topics tangent to the films, including the study of evolution and the cultural controversies over its teaching, the relationship between early dinosaurs and birds today, and the impact of the asteroid that led to the end of the Cretaceous period.
A screening of the film Jurassic World: Dominion will follow the lecture. This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia University Summer Session and the Columbia University Pre-College Programs.
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