Click Here to Read: Radio signal detected from deep space could give new ‘way to examine alien worlds’ By Chris Ciaccia, on the New York Post website on December 17, 2020.
This artist’s impression shows the exoplanet Tau Boötis b. This was one of the first exoplanets to be discovered back in 1996, and it is still one of the closest planetary systems known to date. Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have now caught and studied the faint light from the planet Tau Boötis b for the first time. By employing a clever observational trick the team find that the planet’s atmosphere seems to be cooler higher up, the opposite of what was expected. Image: ESO/L. Calçada. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films Thomas Wolman, M.D. January 4 – February 22, 2021 Mondays, 7:00 – 8:15 pm 6 classes / $150 Fee Location: Virtual – Held on ZOOM To register, click here, visit nypsi.org or call 212-879-6900
NYPSI Extension Course: Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films
This course will explore six films representing six different genres: Musical, Thriller, Western, Youth film, Science Fiction and Romance. In each case, the connections with psychoanalysis will vary with the film’s subject and style. “The Wizard of Oz” (1939), for example, is a veritable palimpsest of psychoanalytic ideas and an illustration of primitive fantasy a la Melanie Klein. “Spellbound” (1945) offers an interesting, though some would argue distorted, vision of psychoanalysis. “High Noon” (1952), while not overtly psychological in tone presents a model of ethical choice, of interest to therapists and psychoanalysts. And in “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955), the Ur-youth picture, James Dean offers an indelible portrait of Continue reading Psychoanalytic Themes in Six Classic Hollywood Films with Thomas Wolman online with NYPSI
Click Here to Read: Hubble watches massive storm on Neptune reverse course by Ashley Strickland on the CNN website on December 17, 2020.
New images obtained on May 16, 2016, by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. Image: NASA, ESA, and M.H. Wong and J. Tollefson (UC Berkeley) Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
