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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: a Topic TBA
Leader: TBD
Mon Jan 8, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, ashoori@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: b Topic TBA
Leader: TBD
Wed Jan 10, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: c String Theory goes back to its Roots
Prof. Barton Zwiebach
Thu Jan 11, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
String theory began in the early 70's as a theory of nucleons.
Since the late 80's it has been our best candidate for a unified
theory of all interactions. In this talk I will discuss recent string
theory insights into nucleons. These include the description
of nuclear forces as theories of gravity and the analysis
of heavy nuclei collisions in Brookhaven.
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: d Topic TBA
Leader: TBD
Tue Jan 16, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: e Confessions of a Lapsed Physicist
Michael Bos
Wed Jan 17, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Ever wonder what happens if you leave the Ivory Tower for the hustle and bustle of Wall Street? I will talk about how a quantitative finance department works at a major investment bank, the kinds of opportunities and challenges that await physicists (and other scientists or engineers) who take the plunge, and how life on the Street differs from life in Academia.
Contact: Elizabeth Chadis, NE25-4017, 452-2807, echadis@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: f Young's double slit experiment for one and two photons
Prof. Vladan Vuletic
Thu Jan 18, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
When light travels along different paths to the same observation point, interference can occur, even if the intensity is so low that only one photon is inside the apparatus at any given time. But what happens if photons enter the apparatus in pairs? I will also discuss how to make photon pairs, and how to store light in matter.
Contact: Prof. Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: g Topic TBA
Leader: TBD
Mon Jan 22, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@mit.edu
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: h "Energy, Security and Environment"
Prof. Ernest J. Moniz
Wed Jan 24, 02:30-03:30pm, 10-250
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The principal energy challenges - meeting the needs of emerging economies, mitigating the security concerns associated with geologic and geopolitical realities of oil supply, and minimizing risks associated with climate change - will be discussed along with technology pathways for addressing them. A particular focus will be development of carbon-"free" options for electricity generation at large scale. The structure and status of the MIT Energy Initiative will be summarized.
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@MIT.EDU
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: i Planets Around Other Stars
Prof. Josh Winn
Thu Jan 25, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Within the last few decades, over 200 planets have been
discovered around other stars. How were they found? What have we learned from these new planets about the process of planet formation? Are systems like our Solar system common, or rare? What are the prospects for finding other Earth-like planets, including possible signs of extraterrestrial life?
Contact: Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@MIT.EDU
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Physics Lectures for the General MIT Community: j Big Science, Feynman Diagrams, Complexity, and Automating Physics
Prpf. Bruce Knuteson
Mon Jan 29, 01:30-02:30pm, 32-123
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A fast-paced intellectual road trip is taken through billion dollar
science projects, the cartoon diagrams for which Feynman is famous,
the science of complex systems, and the possibility of automating the
scientific method itself.
Contact: Prof. Ray Ashoori, 13-2053, 253-5585, ashoori@mit.edu
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The Feynman Films
Markos Hankin
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
This series of films by Richard Feynman is open to the MIT community.
Contact: Markos Hankin, 4-309, 253-4844, mhankin@mit.edu
The Law of Gravitation
Markos Hankin
Mon Jan 8, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
The Best Mind Since Einstein
Markos Hankin
Wed Jan 10, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
The Relation of Mathematics to Physics
Markos Hankin
Thu Jan 11, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
The Great Conservation Principles
Markos Hankin
Tue Jan 16, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
Symmetry in Physical Law
Markos Hankin
Wed Jan 17, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
The Last Journey of a Genius
Markos Hankin
Thu Jan 18, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
Take the World from Another Point of View
Markos Hankin
Mon Jan 22, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
The Distinction of Past and Future
Markos Hankin
Wed Jan 24, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
Probability and Uncertainty
Markos Hankin
Thu Jan 25, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
Seeking New Laws
Markos Hankin
Mon Jan 29, 12-01:30pm, 32-123
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