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Talk Concert "Star Trek: Galactic Music with a Little Bit of Physics".

Begin: End: Location: Audimax
Event type:
  • Brötchen-und-Borussia
  • Celebration
Concert starts at 11:00 in the Audimax, Lecture in the series "Brötchen und Borussia" - discussion concert University Orchestra with lecture interludes by Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan
Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan © Jan Vetter
Julian Pontus Schirmer © Till Dominik Kretner

In the legendary series "Star Trek", spaceships have been penetrating the infinite expanses of the universe for over 50 years and exploring worlds that no human being has ever seen before.

In the process, not only are the laws of physics astonishingly well dealt with, but also musically, true treats have been created. Thus all title melodies of the meanwhile seven series with altogether nearly 800 episodes proved as earworms and also in the so far 13 "Star Trek" films musical highlights were produced.

In the discussion concert, the TU Dortmund University Orchestra conducted by Julian Pontus Schirmer will present these galactic melodies, garnished with physics lecture interludes by experimental physicist Prof. Dr. Metin Tolan, who will enlighten us about warp drive, exoplanets and quantum theory as well as about the fact that 177561 tribbles is a number not simply named by Mr. Spock - fascinating!

Online, for copyright reasons, only the lecture (without the music tracks) will be made available as a YouTube Premiere (starting at 11am).

Link to the YouTube Premiere