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World Science Festival

World Science Festival is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand World Science Festival rather than just read about it. In short: The World Science Festival is an annual science festival hosted by the World Science Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City. There is also an Asia-Pacific event held in Brisbane, Australia.

Key takeaways

World Science Festival belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect World Science Festival to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of World Science Festival from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The World Science Festival is an annual science festival hosted by the World Science Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in New York City. There is also an Asia-Pacific event held in Brisbane, Australia.

History The festival was founded by Brian Greene, a professor of mathematics and physics at Columbia University, and Tracy Day, a former television news producer and broadcast journalist. Greene is now chairman of the World Science Foundation and Day is executive of the World Science Festival. Founding benefactors include the Simons Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the John Templeton Foundation.

Board of directors

Inaugural festival

The inaugural festival took place May 28 – June 1, 2008, at 22 venues in New York City. It included 46 events, a street festival, and the day-long World Science Summit at Columbia University. Participants included 150 speakers, scientists, and artists, among whom were 11 Nobel Prize laureates. Venues included the American Museum of Natural History, Abyssinian Baptist Church, and New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The recorded attendance was over 120,000.

World Science Festival venues

New York City Since its inception, the festival has reported over two million visitors alongside online viewership. Events include panel discussions, debates, theatrical productions, musical performances, and outdoor activities throughout New York City museums, parks, and galleries.

Brisbane Since 2016, another event has been held each year in Brisbane, Australia. It is organized by Queensland Museum Network, which holds the exclusive license for in the Asia Pacific region from 2016 to 2021.

Past participants Past participants have included:

Nobel Laureates The following Nobel Laureates have participated:

Education The organization operates educational initiatives directed at student and adult audiences.

World Science Scholars The World Science Scholars program is a two-year initiative funded by the John Templeton Foundation for high school students with mathematical aptitude, providing mentorship from scientists and peer collaboration on topics such as particle physics, computational thinking, astrobiology, and string theory. Mentors and faculty participating in the program have included Brian Greene, Mandë Holford, Miguel Nicolelis, Stephen Wolfram, Cumrun Vafa, and Suzana Herculano-Houzel.

World Science U World Science U offers everyone from high school students to adults the opportunity to explore science topics with researchers and educators.

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with World Science Festival

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what World Science Festival claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to World Science Festival before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about World Science Festival ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of World Science Festival

In research: World Science Festival appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses World Science Festival in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: World Science Festival is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in New York (state), Annual events in New York City, Culture of New York City, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for World Science Festival outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study World Science Festival in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what World Science Festival means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain World Science Festival out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is World Science Festival in simple terms?

Why does World Science Festival matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study World Science Festival?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on World Science Festival.