The World Science Festival, a five-day cosmic fair intended to make New York safe for science, slipped into town Wednesday with the announcement of $1 million Kavli Prizes to a bunch of astronomers, brain scientists and nanotechnologists; a one-day heavyweight conference of Nobelists and other serious thinkers at Columbia; and a gala under the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History. The day was bookended by speeches by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Senator Charles E. Schumer, who made a surprise visit to the museum party.
New York Will Be Science City at the World Science Festival – NYTimes.com
The World Science Festival, a five-day cosmic fair intended to make New York safe for science, slipped into town Wednesday with the announcement of $1 million Kavli Prizes to a bunch of astronomers, brain scientists and nanotechnologists; a one-day heavyweight conference of Nobelists and other serious thinkers at Columbia; and a gala under the blue whale at the American Museum of Natural History. The day was bookended by speeches by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Senator Charles E. Schumer, who made a surprise visit to the museum party.
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