Dear All,

This year ICTP will celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science through an event organised jointly with INFN and based on the play "The Hidden Force", which offers an overview of 20th-century physics through the eyes of four women scientists.

Join us on 11 February at 18.00 hrs at Teatro Miela, in downtown Trieste, for a theatrical experience combining science and art. The play will be followed by a Q&A session with the actresses and the director of the play.

The Hidden Force is a play that highlights the contributions of women to fundamental physics through the poetic storytelling of the life and work of four significant but only partly recognized scientists of the 20th century: the American astronomer Vera Rubin, the Austrian nuclear physicist Marietta Blau, the Chinese particle physicist Chien-Shiung Wu, and the Italian physicist Milla Baldo Ceolin. Their stories are intertwined with radical social and historical changes in an international context characterized by great upheaval but also by the birth of modern physics and institutions like INFN, ICTP and CERN.

Attendance is free, but seating is limited and must be reserved ahead of the event at this link. The performance will be in Italian, with English subtitles.

More information about the event can be found on the ICTP website.

We look forward to seeing you on 11 February!

Best wishes,
The ICTP Public Information Unit