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The National Ignition Facility: Pathway to Energy Security and Physics of the Cosmos
Edward Moses - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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The Planet Within: Caves from Earth to Mars and Beyond
Penelope Boston - National Cave and Karst Research Institute
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Staring into the Abyss
Avery Broderick - University of Waterloo
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Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine
James Grime - University of Cambridge
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In Praise of Weakness
Aephraim Steinberg - University of Toronto
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Time Reborn
Lee Smolin - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
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How To Catch Einstein's Wave, and See Black Holes in the Process
Gabriela Gonzalez - Louisiana State University
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Curiosity: How Science Became Interested in Everything
Philip Ball - The Lancet Group
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The National Ignition Facility: Pathway to Energy Security and Physics of the Cosmos
Edward Moses - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
The National Ignition Facility (NIF), at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California, is the world’s most energetic laser system. NIF is capable of producing over 1.8 MJ and 500 TW of ultraviolet light, 100 times more than any other operating laser. By concentrating intense laser… -
The Planet Within: Caves from Earth to Mars and Beyond
Penelope Boston - National Cave and Karst Research Institute
We can set foot on faraway planets, in a sense, by exploring the world beneath our feet. Underground caves provide unique insights into what we might find beneath alien landscapes. We are studying caves on Earth to understand how they form, the spectacular minerals they produce, and the unusual… -
The Secret to Engagement: Lessons from Video
Derek Muller from YouTube's Veritasium will present a webcast on Wednesday November 27, 2013 at 7pm EST from the Mike Lazaridis Theatre of Ideas at Perimeter Institute.Derek will discuss the question: Do videos really improve student learning? Derek’s PhD in physics education research suggests the… -
Staring into the Abyss
Avery Broderick - University of Waterloo
Nearly a century after their discovery, black holes remain one of the most striking, and problematic predictions of general relativity. Even more unsettling is the fact that they actually appear to exist! With only a handful of exceptions, every galaxy contains a supermassive behemoth, millions to… -
From Wonder To Wow: Why The Quantum Age Is Closer Than You Think
The world around holds amazing properties. What is even more amazing is that we are able to understand them, to control them, and turn them in to technologies. From fire to electricity and magnetism, these properties have been tamed and have transformed society. But what is coming up? What are the… -
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In Praise of Weakness
Aephraim Steinberg - University of Toronto
While quantum mechanics is an immensely powerful and precise theory which seems to describe everything in the world, its insistence on only predicting what happens when we make "measurements" has left scientists and philosophers alike puzzled - as David Mermin summarized one of Einstein's concerns,… -
Dangerous Curves: How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Calculus
Jennifer Ouellette - Freelance Writer
Based on her book, The Calculus Diaries, join, Jennifer Ouellette as she shows how calculus can be applied to everything from gas mileage, diet, the rides at Disneyland, surfing in Hawaii, shooting craps in Vegas and warding off zombies. Even the mathematically challenged, can-and-should learn the… -
Time Reborn
Lee Smolin - Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
What is time? Is our perception of time passing an illusion which hides a deeper, timeless reality? Or is it real, indeed, the most real aspect of our experience of the world? Einstein said that "the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion," and many… -
ONCE UPON A TIME IN KAMCHATKA: THE EXTRAORDINARY SEARCH FOR NATURAL QUASICRYSTALS
A quasicrystal is an exotic state of matter with symmetries once thought to be impossible for matter. The concept was first introduced and the first examples were synthesized in the laboratory thirty years ago, but could Nature have beaten us to the punch? This talk will describe the search for the… -
How To Catch Einstein's Wave, and See Black Holes in the Process
Gabriela Gonzalez - Louisiana State University
Gravitational waves are "ripples of space-time" that were predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity almost a century ago. The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) now pushes the frontiers of science and engineering to try and catch these waves for the first time… -