Cosmology with Strong Gravitational Lenses Strong gravitational lenses have become an important astronomical tool: they allow us to make accurate measurements of galaxy masses, they provide a magnified view of the distant universe, and they allow us to constrain cosmological parameters. In particular, the time delays in multiply-imaged quasar systems enable measurements of distance in ...
Where: Menlo ParkCost: Free
The Science of Reading and Its Educational ImplicationsResearch in cognitive science, developmental science, and neuroscience has made enormous progress toward understanding skilled reading, the acquisition of reading skill, the brain bases of reading, the causes of developmental reading impairments and how such impairments can be treated. My question is: if the science is so good, why do ...
Today's food system generates hunger alongside of food waste, burgeoning health problems, massive greenhouse gas emissions. Applying food system analysis to review how the international community has addressed food issues since World War II, this book proceeds to explain how actors link up in corporate global food chains and in ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
BRINGING STAR POWER TO EARTH Dr. Jim Gaffney of LLNL discusses the world's largest and most energetic laser system, the National Ignition Facility (NIF). NIFs goal of driving thermonuclear fusion between isotopes of hydrogen could pave the way for nearly limitless, clean nuclear energy
At the Energy and Resources Group, Rebecca works with core ERG faculty, Professors Dan Kammen and Margaret Torn. She spends part of her time in the Climate and Carbon Sciences Program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.Speaker: Rebecca Hernandez
The Engineering Student Council and Berkeley Engineering are pleased to announce the 2015 Engineers Week keynote speaker: Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. Ms. Shotwell's talk, The Road to Mars, will center on SpaceX, the engineering technologies used and exciting developments in the company. She will also ...
Cosmological observations show that the universe is very uniform on the maximally large scale accessible to our telescopes. The best theoretical explanation of this uniformity is provided by the inflationary theory. I will briefly describe the status of this theory in view of recent observational data obtained by the Planck ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nerd Nite East Bay #27: Pi Day, Science on Screen, and PeeSCIENCE!And beer. A worthy combination. This month's installment of Nerd Nite East Bay features a delicious talk on π Day by Exploratorium superstar Matthew "Herbie" Harman, an exploration of how science is portrayed in the cinema by Kevin Peter Hickerson (a scientist who consulted for the movie Thor), and you'll be relieved ...
Allan Savory created holistic management, a revolutionary resource management system for farms and ranches. Born in what is now Zimbabwe, Savory was a research biologist and ranger before becoming a farmer, rancher and politician. He is now president of the Savory Institute, which researches the environmental impact of livestock worldwide. ...
