May the STEAM be with you

Jürgen Vollmer

On the 7th of June we will take a walk along the WissensSpur that will be conducted in English. On occasion of the SteamPunk festival in Leipzig we explore how the industrial revolution and the accompanying scientific discoveries have been covered in literature and arts of the past 200 years.

We are delighted that Prof. Elmar Schenkel has agreed to join and support us.

Some basic translations to German can be offered by our staff members.

The tour starts

at 10 am
at the Physics Institute, Linnéstr. 5
in the academic quarter (facing the Friedenspark)

Schedule

Physics and Technology
Technology and War
Steam Engines in War and Industrial Revolution
Longevity and Time Travel
Hybris & Research Ethics: Improvements & Threads for our Civilization
Impact on Music, Movies, and Visual Arts

After the tour we join the Steampunk Picknick in the Clara Zetkin Park.

Georges Méliès, Public domain, via [ Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_voyage_dans_la_lune_drawing.jpg)
Georges Méliès, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Booking

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