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Fall 2006
Physics
& Astronomy Colloquium
Room 411, Thornton Hall (unless
otherwise noted)
4:05 PM (refreshments at 3:50)
[Talks in Thornton 429 begin at 4:00; refreshments at 3:45]
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9/11 Faculty Presentations
9/18 Faculty Presentations
9/25 Student
Research Presentations
10/2 Student Research Presentations
10/9 Prof. Eugene Chiang, Astronomy Depr.,
Univ. of
California, Berkeley
"Celestial Engineering: Resonance and the
Dynamical Architecture of Planetary Systems"
10/16 Dr. Nicholas Platts, Carnegie
Institution of Washington
"The Chemical
Origins of Life"
Note special location -- TH 429. (Talk
at 4:00 p.m.; refreshments in TH 334 at 3:45 p.m.)
10/23 Dr. Simon Labov, Lawrence
Livermore National Lab
"Advanced Detectors to
Counter the Nuclear Terrorism Threat"
10/30 Prof. Joel Primack and Ms. Nancy
Abrams, Univ. of California, Santa Cruz.
"The View from the Center of the Universe:
Discovering our Extraordinary Place in the
Cosmos" Note special location -- TH 429. (Talk
at 4:00 p.m.; refreshments at 3:45 p.m.)
11/6 Dr.
Andrea Pocar, Physics Dept., Stanford University.
"The Strange Tale of
the Tiny Neutrinos"
11/13 Dr. Holger Schmidt, Elec.
Engineering Dept., Univ. of
California, Santa Cruz
"Single-Particle Studies
Using Integrated Hollow-Core Waveguides"
11/27 Dr. Linda Shore, The Exploratorium
"Supporting High
School Science Teachers"
12/4 Dr. Michael Woods, Stanford
Linear Accelerator Center
"The Strength of the Weak
Force"
Note special location -- TH 429. (Talk
at 4:05 p.m.; refreshments in TH 334 at 3:45 p.m.)
12/11 Dr. Frank Drake, The SETI
Institute
"The Search for
Extraterrestrial Intelligence"
Note special location -- TH 429. (Talk
at 4:05 p.m.; refreshments at 3:45 p.m.)
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