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.