In 2009, The World Science Festival brought together over 165,000 people from around the world, who shared our mission to cultivate and sustain a general public informed by the content of science, inspired by its wonder, convinced of its value, and prepared to engage with its implications for the future.
Bobby McFerrin Improvises A Cappella, Song Two of Two
During the "Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus" event from the 2009 World Science Festival, famed musician Bobby McFerrin treated the audience to several improvised a cappella performances. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the second of two songs..
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Bobby McFerrin Improvises A Cappella, Song One of Two
During the "Notes & Neurons: In Search of a Common Chorus" event from the 2009 World Science Festival, famed musician Bobby McFerrin treated the audience to several improvised a cappella performances. Here, for your viewing pleasure, is the first of two songs..
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Snowball, the Dancing Cockatoo, from "Avian Einsteins"
Snowball, the world famous dancing cockatoo, demonstrates how he gets down, accompanied by owner, Irena Schultz. Watch as Snowball leads our panelists from the 2009 World Science Festival event "Avian Einsteins" in an impromptu dance to his favorite song. Joining in on the fun are moderator Faith Salie; famed neurobiologist, Erich Jarvis; Brandeis University professor, Irene Pepperberg; Cambridge University Professor of Comparative Cognition, Nicola Clayton; Head of the Laboratory of Animal Behavior at CUNY, Ofer Tchernichovski; and Professor of Philosophy and Music at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, David Rothenberg.
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Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale, from "Notes & Neurons: The Search for the Common Chorus"
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, from the June 12, 2009 World Science Festival event "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus". Also on stage are panelists Jamshed Bharucha, Provost and Senior Vice President of Tufts University; the James McGill Professor of Psychology and Neurosciences at McGill University, Daniel Levitin; Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Sheffield, Lawrence Parsons; and host of WNYC’s music/talk show Soundcheck, John Schaefer
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