From Quarks to the Cosmos -- A Planning Grant

双子城市公共广播公司正在开发一个两小时的黄金时段PBS电视特别节目，介绍粒子物理和宇宙学的互补进展。该节目将展示这两个学科戏剧性的近期历史，这两个领域的惊人发现，以及当今正在进行的尖端研究。这些项目的形式将以迈克尔·里奥丹的书《夸克的猎杀》为蓝本，这本书展示了一个丰富的个人故事，讲述了从事工作的科学家的奋斗和成功。在规划阶段将开展下列活动：1.在参与物理/天文学教育的主要研究机构和组织之间发展战略伙伴关系2.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表研究来源4。与顾问委员会会面5.从对选定科学家的录音采访中制作视频样本与KTCA-TV的主要工作人员包括：KTCA-TV科学制作总监Richard Hudson，S2 Media执行制片人兼外部电视副总裁Les Guthman，以及物理学家、科学历史学家和作家Michael Riordan。该项目的顾问是：伊利诺伊大学国家超级计算应用中心和艺术与设计学院Donna Cox；哈佛大学科学史系Peter Galison；费米国家加速器实验室荣誉主任Leon Lederman；科学作家Dennis Overbai；圣母大学物理系Randal Ruchti；加州大学伯克利分校物理系George Smoot；芝加哥大学天文和天体物理系Michael Turner。

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.