In pairwise accretion -- that is, the formation of bigger planets hierarchically from smaller ones -- the typical encounter speeds are comparable to the escape velocities of the dominant bodies, and the colliding bodies are of comparable size. This is a far cry from the two most commonly considered regimes: ...
Determining appropriate adaptation responses to climate change risks is critical. These responses should be understood in terms of the net benefits of the options available, the best scale of response, and timing for implementation. Michael Nolan, a technical leader at AECOM in the development of climate adaptation strategies for over ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: $10 General, Free for members
We used to know how to things. That's how we guided our businesses, our government, our daily lives. But now there is so much to know and so much conflicting advice to listen to. It seems like everyone's an expert, and no one agrees with anyone else.This looks like a ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Pearson to Person: Social Networking in the EnterprisePearson is a large, international, highly geographically distributed media company. It has operations in 70 countries, 38,000 employees, and conducts business 60 languages.Pearson Education provides educational material and learning technologies, test development, processing and scoring services to educational institutions, corporations and professional bodies around the world. Pearson publishs across the ...
Where: StanfordCost: Free
'DIVE! Living off America's Waste'Every year in America we throw away 96 billion pounds of food. That's 263 million pounds a day. 11 million pounds an hour. 3,000 pounds a second. Inspired by a curiosity about society's careless habit of sending food straight to landfills, the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert ...
Where: San FranciscoCost: Free
Mathematics and Magic Tricks: A Look behind the VeilThe way that a magic trick works can be just as amazing as the trick itself. I will illustrate with performance-level magic, whose workings involve a look at combinatorics, number theory, and higher algebra. This talk is aimed at a broad public audience; no prior 'mathemagical' knowledge required.Speaker: Professor Persi ...
Universal Access to All KnowledgeAs founder and librarian of the storied Internet Archive (deemed impossible by all when he started it in 1996), Brewster Kahle has practical experience behind his universalist vision of access to every bit of knowledge ever created, for all time, ever improving.He will speak to questions such as these:Can we ...
