From Quarks to the Cosmos -- A Planning Grant

双城公共广播公司正在制作一个两小时的PBS黄金时段电视特别节目，介绍粒子物理学和宇宙学的互补进展。该节目将呈现这两个学科最近的戏剧性历史，两个领域的惊人发现，以及今天正在进行的前沿研究。节目的形式将以迈克尔·赖尔登（Michael Riordan）的书《寻找夸克》（The Hunting of The Quark）为蓝本，该书讲述了一个丰富的个人故事，讲述了科学家们的奋斗和成功。下列活动将在规划阶段进行：在从事物理/天文教育的主要研究机构和组织之间发展战略伙伴关系。对电视节目进行详细的处理。大学、国家实验室和其他研究机构的程序图形研究资源。与顾问委员会会面。主要工作人员包括：理查德·哈德森，KTCA-TV科学制作总监；Les Guthman， S2 Media外部电视执行制片人兼副总裁；迈克尔·赖尔登，物理学家、科学历史学家和作家。该项目的顾问是：Donna Cox，国家超级计算应用中心和伊利诺伊大学艺术与设计学院；Peter Galison，哈佛大学科学史学系；费米国家加速器实验室荣誉主任Leon Lederman；科学作家丹尼斯·奥弗比；Randal Ruchti，圣母大学物理系；乔治·斯穆特，加州大学伯克利分校物理系；以及芝加哥大学天文学和天体物理系的迈克尔·特纳。

Twin Cities Public Broadcasting is developing a two-hour prime time PBS television special on complementary advances in particle physics and cosmology. The program will present the dramatic recent history of the two disciplines, striking discoveries in both fields, and the cutting-edge research under way today. The format of the programs will be modeled on Michael Riordan's book, "The Hunting of the Quark," which presented a rich, personal story of working scientists with their struggles and their successes. The following activities are among those that will be conducted during the planning phase:1. Develop strategic partnerships among the principal research institutions and organizations involved in physics/astronomy education2. Develop detailed treatments of the television programs3. Research sources for program graphics with universities, national laboratories, and other research institutions4. Meet with the advisory board5. Produce a video sampler from taped interviews of selected scientistsKey staff with include: Richard Hudson, Director of Science Production at KTCA-TV; Les Guthman, Executive Producer and Vice President of Outside Television for S2 Media; and Michael Riordan, physicist, science historian, and author. Advisors for the project are: Donna Cox, National Center for Supercomputing Applications and School of Art and Design, University of Illinois; Peter Galison, Department of History of Science, Harvard University; Leon Lederman, Director Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Dennis Overbye, science writer; Randal Ruchti, Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame; George Smoot, Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley; and Michael Turner, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago.