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NSF PA/M 01-40 - October 10, 2001
From Polymers to Planets: NSF Lectures Explore the
Physical Sciences
The National Science Foundation (NSF) invites media
and members of the public to a series of lectures
sponsored by the Directorate for Mathematical and
Physical Sciences. The talks will help promote a national
discussion of issues that scientists expect to shape
their research in the coming years.
All lectures will be held at NSF, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,
Arlington, VA. Please call or send an e-mail in advance
to arrange access.
Monday, October 15, 2001, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
“Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud"
Robert Park, American Physical Society and University
of Maryland
Wednesday, October 17, 11:00 a.m., Room 110
"Einstein's Unfinished Symphony: The Saga of LIGO"
Marcia Bartusiak, author of "Einstein's Unfinished
Symphony" and winner of American Institute of Physics
Science Writing Award
Monday, November 19, 1:30 p.m., Room 375
"Black Holes: Inside and Out"
Kip Thorne, California Institute of Technology
Monday, January 14, 2002, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"Measuring the Universe"
Jeff Weeks, freelance mathematician and MacArthur
Fellow
Monday, February 25, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"Unsteady Aerodynamics of Insect Flight"
Jane Wang, Cornell University
Monday, March 25, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"Energy Landscape Theory: Appreciating Diversity in
Chemistry, Physics, and Biology"
Peter Wolynes, University of California at San Diego
Monday, April 22, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"From Conducting Polymers to Plastic Electronics"
Alan Heeger, University of California at Santa Barbara
and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry
Monday, May 20, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"New Environmentally 'Green' Technologies: Opportunities
with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide"
Joe DeSimone, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill
Monday, June 17, 2:00 p.m., Room 375
"The Birth of Stars and Planets"
John Bally, University of Colorado at Boulder
For more information contact:
Amber Jones (703) 292-8070/aljones@nsf.gov
(media)
Andrew Lovinger (703) 292-4933/alovinge@nsf.gov
(others)
For directions to NSF see: www.nsf.gov/home/visit/visitjump.htm
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