Newton en sueños de alicia, José Gallo
Newton en sueños de alicia, José Gallo
José Gallo
This play brings to life the English physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton, who interacts with Alice, the main character in the widely known story ‘Alice in Wonderland’ by the British writer Lewis Caroll, and which aims to bring knowledge closer to physics, by drawing on imagination, sensibility, and beauty, and valuing questioning, experimentation, and play. The theatrical text is aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12. The material is proposed as an educational instrument to be worked on with students in the classroom, combining different course units. It can also be used as material for scientific dissemination, through staging.
Available
2017
978-987-1021-89-7
Drama
EUDEM
José Gallo
José Gallo Engineer, professor, actor, playwright, and creativity specialist. Among other literary texts, he writes children’s plays based on the aspects of the life and work of scientists, exhibited in various museums, institutions and theatres. He is the author of the essay ‘Ciencia, mate y metáforas (El aporte del arte al desarrollo del pensamiento científico)’, nominated for the Ibero-American Creativity Award in Mexico in 2002, and ‘Y la Pelota se hizo satélite’, a popular work published by EUDEM. He has given multiple lectures and seminars on creativity and science at international conferences and several events and institutions. He currently runs the DCA program ‘Science and Art Engaged in Dialogue’, which aims to create materials and initiatives to teach science using the languages of art as instruments.