Science Sunday: The Great Tidepool

THE GREAT TIDEPOOL: The Story Of Ed Ricketts’ Scientific System

Film and Discussion
Steven and Mary Albert, Filmmakers

The short film, The Great Tidepool, uncovers the innovative process renowned marine biologist Ed Ricketts developed as he worked to understand intertidal life and its interconnections.
Although common descriptions of Ricketts in his lifetime show him as an eccentric amateur (Steinbeck’s Cannery Row), his pioneering seashore guidebook Between Pacific Tides has stood the test of time.
The movie was filmed in the tidepools of Pacific Grove where Ricketts himself worked in the 1930s. Using detailed handwritten collecting notes and an extensive card catalog, Ricketts revealed a scientific system that foreshadowed current ecological research.
Join filmmakers Steven and Mary Albert as they discuss and present their film The Great Tidepool.

Science Sunday is free with membership or admission. UCSC undergrads free with valid student ID.

Passes are available at the admissions desk beginning at 12:00pm. Doors open to the lecture hall at 12:30pm.

Seating is limited and first-come, first-served. No late seating.