EXTREME ASTRONOMY: EYEING THE COSMOS THROUGH A CUBIC KILOMETER OF ICEDr. Kirill Filimonov of the University of California, Berkeley will explain how and why physicists are fishing for elusive cosmic neutrinos using IceCube, the world's largest telescope located on the harshest continent on the planet.
Where: Rohnert ParkCost: Free
Neutrinos from Hell: the Dawn of Neutrino GeophysicSeismic waves have been for long time the only messenger reporting on the conditions deep inside the Earth. While global seismology provides amazing details about the structure of our planet, it is only sensitive to the mechanical properties of rocks and not to their chemical composition. In the last 5 ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Carbon Dioxide, Friend or Foe?In this talk I will explain that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) is not a pollutant but a beneficial and essential part of our atmosphere. Without CO2, higher forms of life would perish. Over most of geological history since the Cambrian, CO2 levels have been several times higher than now. Life ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Oil Spill AftermathRecovering from the explosion and spill that resulted in 4.9 million barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico - a wound in the earth that could not be staunched for nearly three months - requires our best minds. Discover Cal offers perspectives from Berkeley experts about the effects ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 Advance, $25 at Door
Benjamin Dean Lecture: Determining the Age of the UniverseAssuming that the Universe originated in a Big Bang, one can imagine various ways in which we could measure the time elapsed since the Big Bang occurred. Rev. Coyne will describe a number of approaches and techniques for measuring the Universe's age, and explain which ones are doable and which ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $12 general, $10 seniors, $6 members
