LSST@SLAC: Matthew BeckerOn the topic of cosmological simulations and requirements for dark energy science
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
Computing: The Human Experience- Anarchy and ChaosThe care of human life and happiness, said Thomas Jefferson, is the first and only object of good government. As such, governments – and the political institutions, legal structures, and economic infrastructures that support them – seek to apply all of the resources around them to further their reach and ...
Where: Mountain ViewCost:
Zoovie Night at Oakland Zoo: Over the HedgePut on your jammies and enjoy an evening of Zoovie magic with the whole family. Bring your pillows, blankets, and chairs and snuggle up in our auditorium for a specially selected animal-or nature-themed movie. Meet some of our movie themed education animals and Roosevelt, Oakland Zoo's costumed alligator mascot. Hot ...
Would You Baptize an Extraterrestrial?This is a series of conversations, set in specific settings, on a half dozen topics coming from the sorts of questions we get asked all the time at the Vatican Observatory- ranging from the Big Bang to the Star of Bethlehem, from Galileo to Extraterrestrials. Neither science nor religion are ...