Jun 8
The Grand Cinema Tacoma, WA
TicketsDr. Bret Underwood
Professor of Physics at Pacific Lutheran University
Interstellar— Beyond the Event Horizon: Shedding Light on Black Holes
Program Description
What is a black hole? Are black holes really black? What would happen to you if you fell into a black hole? Explore these questions with Dr. Bret Underwood in this Science on the Screen presentation as we investigate Gargantua – the black hole in Interstellar – to shed light on the facts and fiction of these mysterious cosmic voids.
Film Synopsis
A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity's survival.
In Earth's future, a global crop blight and second Dust Bowl are slowly rendering the planet uninhabitable. Professor Brand (Michael Caine), a brilliant NASA physicist, is working on plans to save mankind by transporting Earth's population to a new home via a wormhole. But first, Brand must send former NASA pilot Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) and a team of researchers through the wormhole and across the galaxy to find out which of three planets could be mankind's new home.
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About the Speaker
Dr. Bret Underwood is a Professor of Physics at Pacific Lutheran University where he teaches a range of undergraduate courses from introductory physics to quantum mechanics. His research focuses on the intersection of theoretical high-energy physics cosmology, and quantum information theory.