Home » *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Geek Event, San Francisco

Academy of Sciences: Behind The Scenes | Main Library

Dang! This event has already taken place.
>> Want to see our Top Picks for this week instead?
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 - 6:00 pm | Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP required

San Francisco Main Public Library | 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102

Event Details

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Life: A Cosmic Story, the California Academy of Sciences’ all-digital planetarium show on the history of life.

To produce the show’s complex imagery, the Academy’s Visualization Studio, which includes veterans from Industrial Light & Magic, Pixar, and Lucasfilm Animation, collaborated with Stanford University and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications.

About Life: A Cosmic Story: Narrated by Jodie Foster, the show plays daily in the Morrison Planetarium through May 2012. The show’s core concept is that all life on Earth evolved from a common ancestor and that life’s origins begin with dark matter and the first stars—a pedigree 13.7 billion years in the making.

Seating is limited. RSVP required

Life: A Cosmic Story
Tuesday Sept. 6 at 6 p.m.,
San Francisco Main Library, Koret Auditorium, 100 Larkin St.
– Ryan Wyatt, Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization
– Jeroen Lapre, Senior Technical Director, Morrison Planetarium – Visualization Studio

About One City One Book 2011: (9/6 to 11/12) One City One Book is an annual literary event that encourages community members to read the same book and discuss it at events throughout the city.

Similar to a giant, citywide book club, this year’s program is focused on local author Mary Roach’s “Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void,” and will feature book readings, space-themed movie screenings and more, as well as open discussions all over the city through November 12th . Full Schedule of events

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.


Cost: FREE*
*Free, but RSVP required
Categories: *Top Pick*, Art & Museums, Geek Event, San Francisco
Address: 100 Larkin St, San Francisco, CA 94102