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Feb. 15, 2013
A New View of Newton in "Isaac’s Eye"
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What would Isaac Newton be like if he had been born a few centuries later? A new play "Isaac’s Eye" reimagines Newton and his scientific rival Robert Hooke. Playwright Lucas Hnath and actors Haskell King and Michael Louis Serafin-Wells join Ira Flatow to talk about the play.
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Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Lucas Hnath
Playwright, "Isaac's Eye"
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Haskell King
Actor, plays Isaac Newton in "Isaac's Eye"
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Michael Louis Serafin-Wells
Actor, plays Robert Hooke in "Isaac's Eye"
New York, New York
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