The event, which will take place at institutions around Manhattan at the end of May, features a variety of scientific and cultural events intended to help connect the public to science. What’s in store? Two of the Festival’s prime movers, physicist Brian Greene and actor Alan Alda, some fascinating talks, the heads of many of New York’s educational institutions, and a performance by Bunsen Honeydew of Muppet Labs.

The Festival is all about reminding people that “we live in a world that runs on science,” Alan Alda said, “we can become excited by science if we hear about it from people who really love it

Beyond Einstein
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM , NYU - Kimmel Center for University Life

In Search of the Ultimate Explanation — Join leading physicists Leonard Susskind and Jim Gates, historian of science Peter Galison, and Nobel Laureate Paul Nurse for a spirited discussion of the progress and implications of Einstein’s dream of a unified theory of physics