Name: BACK TO THE FUTURE: & the Science of Quantum Physics and Time Travel - w/ University of Connecticut
Start: 2026-05-21T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Cinema Arts Centre

$BACK TO THE FUTURE: & the Science of Quantum Physics and Time Travel - w\/ University of Connecticut$

Science on Screen®
BACK TO THE FUTURE: and the Science of Quantum Physics and Time Trave
Thursday, May 21st at 7:30 PM
with a presentation on quantum physics and time travel by Dr. Ronald Mallett, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Hop into the DeLorean and join us as we explore the science of quantum physics and time travel with a screening of the legendary 1985 sci-fi classic Back to the Future and a discussion with Dr. Ronald Mallett Ph,D of the University of Connecticut.
Robert Zemekis’ sci-fi masterpiece, about a teenager Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) who is thrown back into the ‘50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he’ll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown. (1985, 116 mins)
Dr. Ronald Mallett is a world-renowned theoretical physicist and currently teaches as a full professor at the University of Connecticut. In 1973 he received his doctorate in General Physics from Pennsylvania State University. He has published in the areas of classic and quantum theory of black holes, relativistic astrophysics, and quantum cosmology. Dr. Mallett has focused on building a time machine since his father’s untimely death when Ron was 10 years old. Dr. Mallett, along with a team of physicists nationwide, has plans for the world’s first-time machine. They have generated a great deal of attention for their work in relativity and gravitation as it relates to time travel. Dr. Mallett presented these theories when he was featured in an hour-long documentary on relativity on The Learning Channel and on the National Geographic Channel, “Naked Science”, Time Travel.