The development of classical electromagnetism and quantum electrodynamics are highpoints of nineteenth and twentieth century physics, respectively. Recent, remarkable discoveries, involving neutron stars and black holes, are taking electrodynamics into unfamiliar and “extremeâ€Â territory, requiring new theoretical approaches. Examples include 100 GT (10^15 Gauss) magnetic fields surrounding neutron stars (and ...
I will discuss how vertebrate skin colours and skin appendages (scales, feathers, hairs, ...) are patterned through Turing and mechanical instabilities. First, I will show that Reaction-diffusion (RD) models are particularly effective for understanding skin colour patterning at the macroscopic scale, without the need to parametrise the profusion of variables ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
From UC Berkeley to NASA: My Path to AstronautWarren “Woody†Hoburg was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He reported for duty in August 2017 and having completed the initial astronaut candidate training became eligible for a mission assignment. The Pennsylvania native earned a bachelor’s degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Indigenous Sovereign FuturesAlternative visions for social change rooted in the frameworks of capitalism and colonialism only reproduce contemporary structures of power. How can indigenous perspectives and knowledge inform the structural transformation necessary to improve the health of the natural world and of human communities?Dr. Cordero will discuss how indigenous epistemologies challenge the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: TBA
Odd Salon: ColossalStories of immense accomplishments and stupendous feat, the outsized and the enormous, massive monoliths and the superbly superlativeSpeakers:Juliana Brodsky ~ Boats, Trains and Automobiles: 1908 New York-Paris RaceSteen Comer ~ John Locke Likes This: How the Republic of Letters Revolutionized KnowledgeMichael Escobar â€" The Jazz Cathedral: Sam Rodia and the ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $20 General, Members discounted
