Acclaimed Crystallographer Cele Abad-Zapatero approaches playwright Jill Campbell to collaborate on a play about the science and history of Crystallography focusing on a meeting of famed scientist John D. Bernal and Pablo Picasso. What entails is an amusing and informative journey where Jill teaches Cele about playwriting/art and Cele teaches Jill about science/Crystallography. Filmed on location in Chicago at Argonne National Laboratory and a Chicago rehearsal studio, this collaboration results in a staged reading for the APS annual users conference. 'Bernal's Picasso: When Art Met Science' illuminates the parallels that exist between scientist and artist - while educating the viewer on the science and history of Crystallography.—Jill Campbell

A playwright and a scientist collaborate on a play about the science of Crystallography which is based on an actual meeting between Pablo Picasso and John D. Bernal. When the scientist insists on putting cold science on stage, an argument ensues, placing scientist and artist at the crossroads of where science and art intersect.—Jill Campbell

Documentary about the science of Crystallography and the making of a play that defines it. Acclaimed Crystallographer Cele Abad-Zapatero approaches playwright Jill Campbell to collaborate on a play about the science and history of Crystallography focusing on a meeting of famed scientist John D. Bernal and Pablo Picasso. What entails is an amusing and informative journey where Jill teaches Cele about playwriting/art and Cele teaches Jill about science/Crystallography. Filmed on location in Chicago at Argonne National Laboratory and a Chicago rehearsal studio, this collaboration results in a staged reading for the APS annual users conference. 'Bernal's Picasso: When Art Met Science' illuminates the parallels that exist between scientist and artist - while educating the viewer on the science and history of Crystallography.—Anonymous