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Hall of Science

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Eleven exhibitors display scientific advances ranging from disease control to travel in space. View the Transportation Area Map Locate It: T7 This building, a permanent structure, will become the New York Museum of Science and Technology after the Fair closes. A SPACE TRIP. In the Great Hall, a rendezvous in space is realistically simulated with special effects. At the climax, two full-scale spaceship models hover 50 feet in the air to exchange crews and supplies. BIOLOGICAL WONDERS. Sensory perception is traced through a "brain" made of 38 miles of wire and 30,000 lights. The problems of deafness are explained, and a 15-minute film illustrates the body's cellular structure. Other exhibits illustrate cancer research and the electronic detection of diseases. ATOMS FOR KIDS. In "Atomsville, U.S.A.," nuclear energy is explained for children. Among the exhibits is a remotely controlled manipulator which the youngsters may operate to handle "radioactive" materials. For adults, there are displays on nuclear energy in research, agriculture and medicine, and an exhibit on nuclear fallout and how to guard against its hazards. COLOR AND CHEMISTRY. Displays demonstrate the changing nature of color, advances in dyestuff research, and techniques for tapping the sea's rich resources. Exhibitors in the Hall of Science are Abbott Laboratories, the American Cancer Society, the American Chemical Society, the Ames Company, the General Aniline and Film Corporation, the Hearing Aid Industry Conference, the Interchemical Corporation, the Martin Marietta Corporation, the United States Office of Civil Defense, The Upjohn Company and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. The description of this exhibit from the 1965 Official Guide Book FAIRS, by nature, are impermanent institutions (though the impressions they leave on their visitors may last a lifetime) and their buildings are quickly dismantled once the big show's over. There are exceptions, though, and one of them at our fair is the imposing Hall of Science. Built to last, it will be a permanent attraction in the city park that is scheduled to occupy the fairgrounds in the future. The Hall of Science is designed to show kids, especially, the practical application of scientific techniques they've learned in school. The exhibits demonstrate in a stimulating way how the laws of science are applied by industry to mankind's future needs in such fields as biology, physics, chemistry, math, and environmental, space and behavioral sciences. Looking like a giant cement carpet standing on its edge, the Hall of Science in the Transportation Area attracts its many visitors into a creviced entrance. The Atomic Energy Commission is top exhibitor inside building. An upside down yellow space taxi approaches a permanently orbiting space lab in this simulated rendezvous in outer space of full-sized manned orbital vehicles. Staged by Martin-Marietta above Hall's cathedral-like main floor. It's a thriller. Source: News Colorfoto by Daniel Jacino (top) Source: News Colorfoto by Edmund Peters and Richard Lewis (bottom) Source: New York Sunday News - September 12, 1965