Wrath of Khan On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Chayne Piscitelli <pisci...@ohsu.edu> wrote: > The documentary "Naturally Obsessed: The Making of a Scientist" > is definitely a must-see film. It captures the story of life and > science in a crystallography lab, that of Dr. Larry Shapiro at Columbia > University, and follows the graduate students journey of fortune > and misfortune that crystallographers know so well. Not to sound too sappy > about it, but it is almost like a "coming of age" story for graduate > students.... > > Check it out: > http://naturallyobsessed.com/ > > -Chayne Piscitelli > > ________________________________ > From: CCP4 bulletin board [ccp...@jiscmail.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Brad Bennett > [bradbennet...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2010 9:43 AM > To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] X-Ray films > > Hi Harry- > X-ray crystallography played an integral part in discoveries made in Michael > Crichton's "Andromeda Strain". Mainly it was used to determine the elemental > composition and arrangement of the "capsid" or shell that the "foreign" > organism was found within. > > Best- > Brad > > On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 12:16 PM, harry powell <ha...@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> > wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> Not a question about films for recording X-rays on, but a question about >> films about X-rays, Crystallography and related subjects! >> >> I was wondering what ccp4bbers favourite movies involving real science, >> especially crystallography might be? If they're from Hollywood, though, I'd >> guess it should be "favorite"... >> >> I'm a little tired, but the only one I can think of at the moment is >> actually based on results from fibre diffraction - "Life Story", with Jeff >> Goldblum. There must be others, though. >> >> Harry >> -- >> Dr Harry Powell, >> MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, >> Hills Road, >> Cambridge, >> CB2 0QH > >
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