From: Eric Muller (emuller@exploratorium.edu)
Date: Mon Jun 06 2005 - 14:52:42 PDT
Message-Id: <c91ef961e9560d059bc280fd73f2ee57@exploratorium.edu> From: Eric Muller <emuller@exploratorium.edu> Subject: Nobel Lecture Series Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 14:52:42 -0700
The Exploratorium would like to extend an invitation to the Teacher
Institute participants and alumni for this Summer's Nobel Lecture
Series. This is the perfect opportunity to visit our temporary
exhibition, "The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity," which the
Exploratorium will host from July 14 through October 2, 2005!
We request that interested teachers make reservations by contacting
the Public Program's voicemail reservation line at (415) 674-2870.
Admission will be free for TI participants and alumni.
For the lecture at the Commonwealth Club, please contact the
Commonwealth Club directly to purchase tickets.
The Exploratorium¹s Osher Fellowship Program Presents
THE NOBEL LECTURE
Series
In conjunction with the exhibition
The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity July 14 October 2, 2005
The Exploratorium highlights the contributions of Nobel laureates and
the legacy
of the Nobel Prize.
Tuesday, June 14 Behind the Scenes: Awarding the Nobel Prize
Professor Anders Bárány, Deputy Director of the Nobel Museum in Sweden
and former secretary of the physics committee that awards the Nobel
Prize, will talk about what makes the Nobel one of the world¹s most
prestigious honors. He¹ll give an insider¹s tour of Alfred Nobel¹s
will and how laureates are chosen and celebrated.
Tuesday, June 28 From Special Relativity to String Theory: How Einstein
Turned Physics into a Search for Symmetry
A century after publication of Einstein¹s famous papers on light and
relativity, this most celebrated of Nobel Laureates will be the subject
of a talk by award-winning science writer K.C. Cole. She¹ll discuss the
ways in which Einstein continues to influence physics today, from
detecting gravity waves to understanding string theory.
Thursday, August 4 The Nature of Scienti€c Discovery: Tracing the Work
of Nobel Laureates
Stanford Professor and Nobel Laureate Douglas Osheroff (Physics, 1996)
will talk about the unexpected discoveries and surprising applications
of basic scientific research. He¹ll use as examples the progression of
research from several Nobel laureates, including his own work in the
realm of super-cooled liquid helium.
These presentations take place at 7 p.m. in the Exploratorium¹s McBean
Theater.
Free admission for participants of the Teachers Institute; limited
seating available. For reservations, please contact (415) 674-2870.
Special Event co-organized with the Commonwealth Club:
Thursday, July 21 On the Nobel Prize, Managing Science, and Solving
the World Energy Crisis: A Conversation with Nobel laureate Steven Chu
(Physics, 1997), Director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
This event will be held at the Commonwealth Club at 595 Market St.,
Reception 6 p.m; talk 6:30 p.m. For reservations and prices, call
(415) 597-6705 or visit www.commonwealthclub.org.
At The Palace of Fine Arts, 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco
Exhibition produced by: Nobel Museum
An endowment from the Bernard Osher Foundation supports outstanding
individuals from the arts, sciences, and humanities in residence at the
Exploratorium.
Additional public programs and information about the Nobel exhibition
can be found at www.exploratorium.edu/nobel.
The Nobel lectures will be available for download from this Web site
at a later date .
Eric Muller
Teacher Institute
Exploratorium
3601 Lyon St.
San Francisco, CA 94123
415 561 0386
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