Northstar Science Film Festival presents an award to legendary science historian and communicator James Burke for his incredible contributions to science entertainment. Burke is cited as an inspiration by many of our founders and staff. NOTE: James Burke is appearing remotely via technology, and not physically present.
The Washington Post has called James Burke: “One of the most intriguing minds in the Western World.” He was educated at Oxford, and also holds several honorary doctorates for his work in the history of technology and social change.
His principal career has been in documentary television, initially for the BBC, where among many other things he was chief reporter on the Apollo missions, and made a large number of award-winning documentaries and documentary series, including Connections (which achieved the highest ever American audience for a documentary series). For PBS he made a series on global warming, one on the neurophysiology of the brain, and one on Renaissance art (for the National Gallery). Most recently, for Discovery, he made the series Connections Two and Connections Three.
He has written ten books (three of them bestsellers), for six years wrote a regular monthly column in Scientific American, and has been on the corporate and university lecture circuit for thirty years. He is at present working on an interactive knowledge-web.
Featured Presenter:
James Burke
VIP event available to pass-holders only (Saturday Day Pass and Northstar Festival Pass).
Event Timeslots (1)
Saturday Sept 17 – TPT Street Space
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Recognizing Excellence in Science Storytelling: Connections and the Day the Universe Changed
