If you have or are pursuing a graduate degree in the sciences, you have until March 1 to help Alan Alda and the folks at Stony Brook University?s Center for Communicating Science answer this simple, but complicated, question: ?What is time??
Just do it in a way that would enlighten and captivate an 11-year-old child.
Elizabeth Bass, who directs the communication center sent this explanation of what?s being sought:
We don?t expect you to have the definitive answer. We would like entries to explore the nature of time from any scientific perspective ? from physics to psychology, chemistry to computer science. Speculation is fine, as long as it?s clear you?re speculating. If you can intrigue kids, teach them something, and make them want to know more about the nature of time, that?s terrific.
The judging will be done by thousands of middle-school science students. The winner gets a free trip to New York City to attend the World Science Festival. The details are here.
These are the same folks who last year generated some excellent answers to another basic question: ?What is a flame??
Many artists have taken a stab at exploring time, as well, from Salvador Dali to Christian Marclay, below. Maybe we can use this thread on Dot Earth to widen the net beyond scientists and get a broader set of answers.
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