Sep 17, 2025
Quantum Wonderland Reading with Singing
Location:
Ithaca, United States
Time:
Sep 17, 2025
00:00 ((GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada))
Audience:
- General public
Organiser:
Hasan Padamsee
Type of event:
Online event
A reading/singing in English of the Finale Scene with 4 Songs from a new musical called QUANTUM WONDERLAND starring Einstein, Bohr, Schroedinger, Heisenberg and others. The interdisciplinary musical brings to life the quantum world for the general public in an engaging way by bridging theatre and science. The total time will be less than one hour.
The FINALE of the Musical takes place in the Court of Einstein demanding a trial to determine the true nature of reality. Heisenberg testifies how uncertainty leads to the impossibility of complete knowledge and predictability. Schroedinger ridicules the quantum absurdities by conjuring a cat that is both dead and alive at the same time. Bohr delivers a powerful revelation about the harmony of the quantum world. Still unsatisfied, the King poses riddles, for which Bohr offers imaginative solutions, by opening new curtains into the quantum world. The King makes a rousing plea to bring sanity back to the "ludicrous" quantum world, and to out-rule the cardinal quantum feature of probability because "God does not play dice" with the universe.
During the Virtual Reading/singing I will play songs played (with music) at the appropriate time. The songs and music have already been performed by talented singers and musicians.
Below is a google link to 2 songs for demonstration, and a 12 page extract from the dialog.
I propose to hold the VIRTUAL reading/singing in any month that is suitable between April and December. I am selecting September 17, 2025 for now.
About myself: I am Prof. Hasan Padamsee, retired from Cornell University and Fermilab. Presently I am the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Superconducting Quantum Material Science Center at Fermilab. In my career as an accelerator scientist I won the APS Wilson Prize in 2015 for my work on RF Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators. In my retirement I have written 5 plays and 4 musicals. My plays and musicals have been performed in the Chicago area.
Please let me know if/when the event is accepted
Hasan Padamsee
Cornell and Fermilab
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