Lars Becker-Larsen
presents his latest film
The Moving Earth
Synopsis:
The Earth is not the immovable centre of the world but a planet in
orbit around the sun: this was the claim made by the astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus in 1543. To the Christian church this was a heresy
that contravened the Word of God. For centuries to come great
scientists like Tycho Brahe, Kepler, Galileo and Newton doggedly
pursued the notion of a moving earth, and from this epoch-making
process there emerged not only a new view of the world but the modern
natural sciences.
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After a short break, a discussion of the film from various
perspectives will be introduced by:
Karin Tybjerg, historian of
science and Director of the Astronomical Unit of Kroppedal Museum;
Casper Tybjerg, Associate Professor at Film and Media Studies, the
University of Copenhagen; and
Benny Lautrup, Professor of Physics at
the Niels Bohr Institute.
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