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Perimeter Institute brings great thinkers from around the world to Canada to share their ideas on a wide variety of interesting and topical subjects. These lectures and debates are aimed at non-specialists. No mathematical or scientific knowledge is necessary or assumed. Each event is explicitly tailored for the general public and everyone is welcome to attend.

Organizer(s): John Matlock  

Collection URL: http://pirsa.org/C04001

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Time and Motion
Speaker(s): Harvey Brown
Abstract: Newton's first law of motion - and the very meaning of inertia - has been described as either completely obvious (D'Alembert) or a 'logician's nightmare' (ex-editor of the American Journal of Physics). Sometimes the simplest things in physics are the most subtle. The first law will be described in h... read more
Date: 01/11/2006 - 7:00 pm

From here to eternity: Global warming in geologic time
Speaker(s): David Archer
Abstract: Using results from models of the atmosphere/ocean/sediment carbon cycle, the impacts of fossil-fuel CO2 release will be examined – including the effect on climate many thousands of years into the future, rather than for just a few centuries as commonly claimed. Prof. Archer will explain how aspects... read more
Date: 06/12/2006 - 7:00 pm

Fundamental Physics in 2010
Speaker(s): Nima Arkani-Hamed
Abstract: Will big questions be answered when the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) switches on in 2007? What will scientists find? Where might the research lead? Nima Arkani-Hamed, a noted particle theorist, is a Professor of Physics at Harvard University. He investigates a number of mysteries and interactions in ... read more
Date: 07/02/2007 - 7:00 pm

Life, the Universe, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)
Speaker(s): Jill Tarter
Abstract: Hollywood movies about aliens abound, but do they really exist? The real scientific search for evidence of life, and particularly intelligent life, elsewhere in the cosmos is just as exciting as the “reel” version, and a lot more logical. So far, there is ‘life-as-we-know-it’ to guide our specul... read more
Date: 07/03/2007 - 7:00 pm

Quantum Cryptography: A Tale of Secrets Hidden and Revealed Through the Laws of Physics
Speaker(s): Daniel Gottesman
Abstract: Sensitive information can be valuable to others - from your personal credit card numbers to state and military secrets. Throughout history, sophisticated codes have been developed in an attempt to keep important data from prying eyes. But now, new technologies are emerging based on the surprising la... read more
Date: 04/04/2007 - 7:00 pm

Death of the Dinos: Giant Impacts and Biological Crises
Speaker(s): Jay Melosh
Abstract: Sixty-five million years ago dinosaurs ruled the warm Cretaceous Earth. Without warning, this world was swept away forever by the impact of an asteroid about 15 km in diameter, leaving a huge scar now called the Chicxulub crater in Yucatan, Mexico. This catastrophe set the stage for the ascendance o... read more
Date: 06/06/2007 - 7:00 pm

From Einstein's Intuition to Quantum Bits
Speaker(s): Alain Aspect
Abstract: Many experts are convinced that large scale, practical implementations of quantum information systems hold great promise for society, much as the laser and the transistor have already revolutionized the world. This stems from a long history of research that included an intense, raging battle of epic... read more
Date: 03/10/2007 - 7:00 pm

The Large Hadron Collider - World's Most Powerful Microscope
Speaker(s): Robert Orr, John Ellis
Abstract: International researchers at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), in Geneva, Switzerland, will soon embark on one of science's greatest adventures. With its very high energy, previously seen only in cosmic rays, the particle collider will probe the inner structure of matter at distances ten times smalle... read more
Date: 07/11/2007 - 7:00 pm

The Physics of Information: From Entanglement to Black Holes
Abstract: Do ideas about information and reality inspire fruitful new approaches to the hardest problems of modern physics? What can we learn about the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, the beginning of the universe and our understanding of black holes by thinking about the very essence of information? The answ... read more
Date: 05/12/2007 - 7:00 pm

Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots is Boldy Privatizing Space
Speaker(s): Michael Belfiore
Abstract: In the 'second space age', human spaceflight is no longer the domain of governments. Dream-chasing entrepreneurs and clever engineers are aggressively blazing new trails into the heavens and preparing the world for an era of space tourism, ultra fast point-to-point earth travel and even orbiting hot... read more
Date: 06/02/2008 - 7:00 pm

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