Book Festival Science in Popculture Panel
Sun, Oct 12
|The Bakken Museum
Minnesota's First Annual STEM Book Festival! Panel on Science in Popculture.
Time & Location
Oct 12, 2025, 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
The Bakken Museum, 3537 Zenith Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA
Guests
About the event
The Science of Stories: How Pop Culture Shapes What We Believe - 2:30pm
From comic books and horror films to viral TV shows, science has long been a source of inspiration—and sometimes misconception—in popular culture. Authors Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, known for exploring the intersections of science and horror, join physicist and author Jim Kakalios (The Physics of Superheroes) to examine how storytelling shapes public perceptions of science. Moderated by journalist David Montgomery, the panel will unpack what pop culture gets right (and wrong) about science, why those portrayals matter, and how entertainment can spark curiosity, creativity, and even new paths into STEM.
James Kakalios is the Taylor Distinguished Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Minnesota, where he has taught since 1988. His scientific research in experimental condensed matter physics concerns the properties of complex and disordered systems. His class “Everything I Needed to…
Tickets
Science in Popculture: 2:30p
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
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