Theme Semester Lecture Series | Saturday Morning Physics | The Invisible Universe: Einstein's Legacy | Events by Date
| September
21, 2005 |
|
| What Astronomy
Has Done For Einstein Professor Joceyln Bell-Burnell, University of Oxford |
4:15 PM Lecture,
1324 East Hall Auditorium Reception prior to lecture, East Hall Atrium |
| October 5, 2005 | |
| A Century
of Particle Physics Professor Martinus J.G. Veltman Nobel Laureate (1999), U-M |
4:10 PM Lecture,
340 West Hall Reception after lecture, 337 West Hall |
| October 19, 2005 | |
| Does the
Everyday World Obey Quantum Mechanics? Professor Anthony Leggett Nobel Laureate (2003), University of Illinois |
4:15 PM Lecture,
Rackham Amphitheatre Reception prior to lecture, Assembly Hall, 3:30 |
| November 2, 2005 | |
| Brownian
Motion and Beyond: Collective and Emergent Phenomena in Condensed Matter Physics Professor Leonard Sander, University of Michigan |
4:10 PM Lecture,
340 West Hall Reception after lecture, 337 West Hall |
| November 9, 2005 | |
| The Expanding
Universe and Big Bang Cosmology Professor Katherine Freese, University of Michigan |
4:10 PM Lecture,
340 West Hall Reception after lecture, 337 West Hall |
| November 16, 2005 | |
| Future
Particle Physics—Can We Understand the Smallest & Largest Phenomena Even Better? Professor Gordon Kane, U-M |
4:10 PM Lecture,
340 West Hall Reception after lecture, 337 West Hall |
| December 7, 2005 | |
| The
Second Quantum Revolution Professor Christopher Monroe, U-M |
4:10 PM Lecture,
340 West Hall Reception after lecture, 337 West Hall |
Saturday Morning Physics Schedule
10:30-11:30 a.m. in 170 & 182 Dennison Bldg., main campus (Oct. 8th exception). SMP educates the public about the latest developments in physics research. The lectures, given by post-doctoral researchers and U-M Faculty, present up-to-the minute scientific research to the public in an engaging, yet technically accurate way. Each lecture is carefully prepared and accompanied by a variety of physical demonstrations and multimedia visualization aides. Between 15 and 18 lectures are given each year, split between spring and fall sessions. Lectures are followed by a formal question and answer session and inevitably leads to extended informal questioning of the speaker and close-up examination of the physical demonstrations. For more information, please see the Saturday Morning Physics webpage.
October 1, 2005
1905: Einstein and Bern, A Year to Remember
One hundred years ago in a small apartment building in Bern, Switzerland, a patent clerk wrote five short articles that changed our understanding of the world. It is this amazing story that is being told in a novel audio-visual science show.
Professor Thomas Zurbuchen, AOSS, College of Engineering
October 8, 2005
Origins
Normally a scientist will not involve in speculations about the world around us and in particular not about the origin thereof. He will stick to reproducible facts, and try to produce definite verifiable predictions. That does not mean that he never thinks or phantasizes about it. In this lecture we will talk about such things.
Professor Martinus J.G. Veltman, Nobel Laureate (1999), Michigan Physics Department
October 15, 2005
Special Relativity in the Cosmos
These talks will explain Special Relativity and its consequences for high-energy astronomy, including apparently superluminal jets and intense gamma-ray flashes.
Sarah Yost, Michigan Physics Department
October 22, 2005
Observing Special Relativistic Effects Directly in Astronomy
Sarah Yost, Michigan Physics Department
October 29, 2005
Gamma-Ray Bursts: Special Relativity in the Brightest Explosions
Sarah Yost, Michigan Physics Department
November 5, 2005
When Antimatter and Matter Collide, E = mc2 Prevails
When they meet, matter and antimatter annihilate in a manner that reveals not only basic science but also provides practical application. The reality of antimatter is as rich as that presented in science fiction.
Richard Vallery, University of Michigan Physics Department
November 12, 2005
A Better Future through Annihilation: Positrons in Materials Science
Richard Vallery, University of Michigan Physics Department
November 19, 2005
Matter Condensed: Science, Technology, Emergence and Society
Through semiconductor nano-technology, condensed matter science has had a profound impact on society. Equally profound, it also provides elegant paradigms of the cooperative emergent phenomena that govern behaviors at all levels of complexity from atoms to societies.
Professor James Allen, University of Michigan Physics Department
December 3 , 2005
Matter Condensed: Science, Technology, Emergence and Society
Professor James Allen, University of Michigan Physics Department
The Invisible Universe, Einstein's Legacy
The series is a collaboration
between the Department of Astronomy, the Exhibit Museum of Natural History,
and the Student Astronomical Society. The public talks are at 7:30 p.m.
in 1800 Chemistry. Shortly following, the Museum will offer a coordinated
planetarium show, and the SAS will in parallel offer public observing
at the Angell Hall Observatory, weather permitting. If not, they will
offer a basic planetarium show at the Angell Hall planetarium and/or a
short video/film. For more information, please see the Invisible
Universe lecture series webpage.
September 16 , 2005
X-Raying Black Holes
Joel Bregman, University of Michigan
September 30 , 2005
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
David Weinberg, Ohio State University
October 7, 2005
Mysteries of the Extreme Universe
Angela Olinto, University of Chicago
October 21, 2005
The Size, Shape, and Fate of the Universe
David Spergel, Princeton University, Mohler Prize Lecture
November 4, 2005
Black Holes: Theory versus Observations
Ramesh Narayan, Harvard University
