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Optimization, Ramps, Supernovae – Feb 3

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Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these three Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:

  • UC Berkeley industrial engineer and operations researcher Caleb Bugg on "Engineering in an Apocalyptic World"
  • Stanford Earth systems scientist Sami Li Chen on "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Give Me Some Ramps"
  • UC Berkeley astrophysicist Abigail Polin on "Things that Go Boom in the Night: A Story of Type Ia Supernovae."
WHAT: Ask a Science Envoy: Optimization, Ecology, & Supernovae
WHO: Caleb Bugg, Sami Chen, Abigail Polin, Wonderfest Science Envoys
WHERE: Verdi Club Lounge, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110 [https://www.verdiclub.net]
WHEN: 2020-02-03 — 8pm, Monday, Feb 3 (1.5 hrs)
Add to Calendar YYYY-MM-DD 2020-02-03 20:00 2020-02-03 21:30 Wonderfest, Ask a Science Envoy: Optimization, Ecology, & Supernovae Speaker: Caleb Bugg, Sami Chen, Abigail Polin, Wonderfest Science Envoys
Description:

Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these three Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:

  • UC Berkeley industrial engineer and operations researcher Caleb Bugg on "Engineering in an Apocalyptic World"
  • Stanford Earth systems scientist Sami Li Chen on "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Give Me Some Ramps"
  • UC Berkeley astrophysicist Abigail Polin on "Things that Go Boom in the Night: A Story of Type Ia Supernovae."
 Location: Verdi Club Lounge, 2424 Mariposa Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
HOW:

This event is FREE. Still, what value does this knowledge have FOR YOU? Please contribute to Wonderfest accordingly, and help to promote the scientific outlook broadly — as through this outstanding Science Envoy Program — via the "Tickets" box, below.


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Are We Alone? – Jan 26

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Does other intelligent life exist in the universe? Can SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers detect radio, infrared, or optical signals from other civilizations? Current and future SETI projects, including the new $100-million Breakthrough Prize Foundation "Listen" project, may provide an answer. UC Berkeley astronomer Dan Werthimer will describe the rationale for past and future searches and will show how new technologies are revolutionizing SETI.

 

Dan Werthimer is Chief Scientist at the Berkeley SETI Research Center. He is also Wonderfest's 2019 recipient of the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization.


Dan Werthimer

WHAT: Are We Alone in the Cosmos?
WHO: Dan Werthimer, Chief Scientist, Berkeley SETI Research Center
WHERE: SF Public Library (Latino/Hispanic Community Room), 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
WHEN: 2020-01-26 — 2pm, Sunday, January 26 (1.5 hrs)
Add to Calendar YYYY-MM-DD 2020-01-26 14:00 2020-01-26 15:30 Wonderfest, Are We Alone in the Cosmos? Speaker: Dan Werthimer, Chief Scientist, Berkeley SETI Research Center
Description:

Does other intelligent life exist in the universe? Can SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) researchers detect radio, infrared, or optical signals from other civilizations? Current and future SETI projects, including the new $100-million Breakthrough Prize Foundation "Listen" project, may provide an answer. UC Berkeley astronomer Dan Werthimer will describe the rationale for past and future searches and will show how new technologies are revolutionizing SETI.

 

Dan Werthimer is Chief Scientist at the Berkeley SETI Research Center. He is also Wonderfest's 2019 recipient of the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization.

 Location: SF Public Library (Latino/Hispanic Community Room), 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
HOW:

This event has no admission charge. Still, please consider helping Wonderfest "share the scientific outlook" by contributing via the inappropriately-named "Tickets" box, below.


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