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Creative, who also became the festival's managing director. The task of raising the
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articles declared the festival a critical and a box office success.
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1044:"An Overflowing Five-Day Banquet of Science and Its Meanings"
306:(Science and Technology Advisor to U. S. Secretary of State,
2247:"The Persistence of Vision: A Story of Freakish Perception"
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2271:"Five People Who'll Make You Feel Good About the Future"
677:, among others. The street fair featured appearances by
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2295:"Pharmaceutical Fountain of Youth Could Cost Pennies"
850:"A Science Fête Project: A Q&A with Brian Greene"
1755:"Coming to New York, a Science Event for the Masses"
1656:"Spare Times: For Children - World Science Festival"
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1519:"The World Science Festival: Behind Disney's Magic"
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2391:"World Science Festival: 'The Science of Sports'"
1778:The Colbert Report for May 27, 2008: Brian Greene
1437:Hoffman, Jascha (2008), "Insight into Einstein",
1186:"City's Science Festival attracts record numbers"
537:, among others. Alan Alda revisited his role as
482:reflecting on the loss of biophony, and chemist
321:As part of the summit, the winners of the first
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1732:"NYC to host the World Science Festival in May"
1218:"NYC to host the World Science Festival in May"
1074:"NYC to host the World Science Festival in May"
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2175:"Where's the evidence? (Or What is evidence?)"
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513:The festival's cultural program ranged from a
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1706:, Science Festival Foundation, archived from
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1501:"World Science Festival: Pioneers in science"
1344:, Science Festival Foundation, archived from
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997:World Science Festival Website: Robin Reardon
911:, Science Festival Foundation, archived from
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646:The WSF Street Fair took place in and around
551:in a staged reading at Columbia University's
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2343:"World Science Festival: '90 is the New 50'"
952:. Biographical information for Kyle Gibson:
521:to a storytelling event in cooperation with
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517:-themed dance performance choreographed by
160:The World Science Festival was founded by
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2367:"World Science Festival: 'Brain Tricks'"
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2149:Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (June 1, 2008),
2077:Bhattacharjee, Yudhijit (May 31, 2008),
1809:/ABC Domestic Television, archived from
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2209:from the original on December 14, 2008
1822:(Entry under "Week of May 19–23, 2008)
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1080:from the original on December 21, 2016
862:from the original on November 18, 2008
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1679:"Happy Fairgoers, Worried Biologists"
1594:"Happy Fairgoers, Worried Biologists"
1414:van Gelder, Lawrence (May 12, 2008),
905:World Science Festival (April 2008),
894:from the original on January 15, 2020
606:. Another event was presented by the
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2179:Findings: Science Magazine News Blog
2155:Findings: Science Magazine News Blog
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2107:Findings: Science Magazine News Blog
2083:Findings: Science Magazine News Blog
2058:from the original on August 20, 2008
2035:from the original on August 20, 2008
1020:, R3Productions, LLC, archived from
1017:R3Productions Website: Robin Reardon
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2704:2008 festivals in the United States
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2048:"Early Reviews of Science Festival"
1981:from the original on April 30, 2011
1857:"Alan Alda Starts Science Festival"
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1393:"Early Reviews of Science Festival"
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454:focused on the scientific study of
113:The festival was the brainchild of
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2533:Scalera, Nicholas (May 31, 2008),
2485:Scalera, Nicholas (June 1, 2008),
2437:Scalera, Nicholas (June 1, 2008),
2004:from the original on June 20, 2008
1938:Scalera, Nicholas (June 1, 2008),
1742:from the original on April 7, 2008
1581:from the original on June 20, 2008
1476:Scalera, Nicholas (June 1, 2008),
974:Koppel, Ted; Gibson, Kyle (1996),
903:. Current board of directors from
725:American Museum of Natural History
719:, and hands-on activities such as
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2629:Quinlan, Heather (May 30, 2008),
2605:Quinlan, Heather (May 30, 2008),
2557:Quinlan, Heather (May 31, 2008),
2509:Quinlan, Heather (May 31, 2008),
2461:Quinlan, Heather (May 31, 2008),
2079:"A sociologist among geneticists"
1969:Overbye, Dennis (June 3, 2008b),
1920:from the original on May 31, 2009
1908:Silverman, J. R. (May 30, 2008),
1867:from the original on June 1, 2009
1845:from the original on June 7, 2008
1774:. Colbert report video online at
1753:Overbye, Dennis (April 3, 2008),
1529:from the original on June 5, 2008
1503:, USA Today Blogs: Science Fair,
1403:from the original on June 4, 2008
1368:Overbye, Dennis (June 3, 2008b),
1294:Overbye, Dennis (June 3, 2008b),
1275:from the original on May 29, 2008
1173:from the original on May 29, 2008
1136:Overbye, Dennis (June 3, 2008b),
848:Musser, George (April 25, 2008),
458:. Other audiences saw physicists
2413:Zielinski, Jess (June 1, 2008),
2389:Zielinski, Jess (May 31, 2008),
2365:Zielinski, Jess (May 31, 2008),
2341:Zielinski, Jess (June 2, 2008),
2317:Zielinski, Jess (June 2, 2008),
2199:"What Does It Mean to Be Human?"
1654:Graeber, Laurel (May 30, 2008),
1622:Powers, Zach (August 17, 2009),
1517:Cohen, Patricia (May 31, 2008),
1499:Zielinski, Jess (May 30, 2008),
1497:. Lederman/Breazeal interviews:
1228:from the original on May 7, 2008
1184:Souccar, Miriam (June 6, 2008),
1042:Overbye, Dennis (June 3, 2008).
198:, Columbia University president
2125:Shulman, Polly (June 1, 2008),
2101:Shulman, Polly (June 1, 2008),
1994:"World Science Festival wrapup"
1571:"World Science Festival wrapup"
1317:World Science Festival (2008),
510:, at the Museum of Modern Art.
2662:World Science Festival website
2535:"Not the Usual Doom and Gloom"
2293:Keim, Brandon (June 2, 2008),
2269:Keim, Brandon (May 31, 2008),
2245:Keim, Brandon (May 31, 2008),
2221:Keim, Brandon (May 30, 2008),
2197:Keim, Brandon (June 1, 2008),
2046:Tierney, John (May 30, 2008),
2023:Tierney, John (May 30, 2008),
1992:Timmer, John (June 19, 2008),
1878:Raloff, Janet (May 30, 2008),
1730:Timmer, John (April 2, 2008),
1677:Tierney, John (June 1, 2008),
1592:Tierney, John (June 1, 2008),
1569:Timmer, John (June 19, 2008),
1391:Tierney, John (May 30, 2008),
1263:Timmer, John (May 28, 2008b),
1216:Timmer, John (April 3, 2008),
1159:Timmer, John (May 28, 2008b),
277:, the Cullman Foundation, and
1:
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341:for their pioneering work on
221:and former vice president of
2151:"To meet a famous scientist"
2667:World Science Festival blog
498:and neurologist and author
446:, choreographer and dancer
239:City University of New York
230:doing Public Relations for
35:2008 World Science Festival
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2694:Festivals in New York City
1990:; a similar assessment in
1416:"Arts, Briefly: Footnotes"
1134:Venues and event numbers:
717:FIRST Robotics Competition
652:New York Police Department
329:linking New York City and
251:Metropolitan Museum of Art
135:Metropolitan Museum of Art
1191:Crain's New York Business
972:and biographical note in
557:Abyssinian Baptist Church
377:develop and communicate.
215:Nightline with Ted Koppel
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2689:Culture of New York City
2127:"Halting the Handbasket"
1540:World Science Festival,
1338:World Science Festival,
706:Clifford the Big Red Dog
414:, and cancer researcher
219:Walt Disney Imagineering
1854:(including quotation),
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598:on-stage, moderated by
578:, and athletes such as
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478:, soundscape ecologist
450:, and actor and writer
228:Department of Education
192:non-profit organization
2559:"To See or Not to See"
2439:"Human, All Too Human"
2419:USA Today Science Fair
2395:USA Today Science Fair
2371:USA Today Science Fair
2347:USA Today Science Fair
2323:USA Today Science Fair
1940:"Human, All Too Human"
1910:"Science and the City"
1785:, 2008, archived from
663:Liberty Science Center
648:Washington Square Park
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488:Rensselaer Polytechnic
410:, cognitive scientist
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314:and cancer researcher
275:Rockefeller Foundation
243:Rockefeller University
180:Festival della Scienza
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141:History and background
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2103:"The Meaning of Life"
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1292:General description:
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426:involving biochemist
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2137:on November 19, 2008
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754:Good Morning America
700:It's a Big Big World
436:human genome project
325:were announced in a
294:World Science Summit
271:Templeton Foundation
259:Museum of Modern Art
171:The Elegant Universe
108:World Science Summit
18:World Science Summit
2631:"Meet the Pioneers"
2511:"Invisible Reality"
2487:"Science of Sports"
2050:, TierneyLab Blog,
2027:, TierneyLab Blog,
1884:Science News Online
1813:on October 29, 2008
1478:"Science of Sports"
1453:2008Natur.453..987H
855:Scientific American
808:The Science Channel
504:Mark Oliver Everett
492:Shirley Ann Jackson
484:F. Sherwood Rowland
400:Patricia Churchland
204:New York University
166:Columbia University
131:New York University
127:Columbia University
115:Columbia University
2607:"Toil and Trouble"
2463:"About Your Genes"
2185:on January 6, 2009
2161:on January 6, 2009
2113:on January 5, 2009
2089:on January 5, 2009
2052:The New York Times
2029:The New York Times
1789:on October 5, 2020
1683:The New York Times
1598:The New York Times
1523:The New York Times
1397:The New York Times
1341:All Events by Date
1048:The New York Times
908:Board of directors
748:The Colbert Report
673:and visual artist
667:Franklin Institute
659:Arthur T. Benjamin
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640:Arthur T. Benjamin
466:presenting modern
444:Nancy C. Andreasen
391:
339:Donald Lynden-Bell
285:Inaugural festival
158:
2684:Science festivals
1550:on August 3, 2008
1103:(April 3, 2008),
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989:978-0-8129-2478-7
890:USA, Inc., 2008,
608:Disney Imagineers
470:, paleontologist
424:personal genomics
402:, neuroscientist
375:neuronal networks
300:Michael Bloomberg
267:Simons Foundation
255:Guggenheim Museum
223:Universal Studios
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