Maria Longobardi talks about art and science in a podcast interview

“Art can help to highlight, to visualize the beauty of science”, Maria Longobardi emphasizes during her interview in the podcast “The Quantum Spin” host by Veronica Combs.

During this year’s Global Physics Summit in Anaheim, CA, USA, the APS marked the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology with a week-long celebration called Quantum Fest. Event directors Maria Longobardi, our NCCR SPIN managing director, and Smitha Vishveshwara, professor in condensed matter physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, fused their scientific backgrounds with a passion for the arts to bring quantum physics to a broader audience. They united acrobats, musicians, and scientists on stage to showcase the majesty of the topic. In the following podcast episode, host Veronica Combs speaks with the two physicists about the creative process behind the event and how immersive, hands-on experiences can ignite a sense of wonder in scientific discovery.

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