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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: San Francisco Public Library, 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: San Francisco Public Library, 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.


Earthquake3

California & The Big One – Dec 12

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Scientists know with certainty that California will experience large earthquakes in the future. Earthquakes are often depicted in the media and popular culture, but which aspects of these depictions are factual, and which are fictitious? We cannot yet predict earthquakes, so what can we do? How can we prepare?

Our speaker, Dr. William Hawley, is a geophysicist and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar at Columbia University. He is also a Wonderfest Science Envoy.


Dr. William Hawley

WHAT: California and The Big One: Fact vs. Fiction
WHO: Dr. William Hawley, Postdoctoral Scholar, Columbia University
WHERE: Blue River Technology, 605 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
Map: [https://goo.gl/maps/WPbZM9TnFgxnA3cB8]
WHEN: 2019-12-12 — 8pm, Thursday, Dec 12 (1.5 hrs)
Add to Calendar YYYY-MM-DD 2019-12-12 20:00 2019-12-12 21:30 Wonderfest, California and The Big One: Fact vs. Fiction Speaker: Dr. William Hawley, Postdoctoral Scholar, Columbia University
Description:

Scientists know with certainty that California will experience large earthquakes in the future. Earthquakes are often depicted in the media and popular culture, but which aspects of these depictions are factual, and which are fictitious? We cannot yet predict earthquakes, so what can we do? How can we prepare?

Our speaker, Dr. William Hawley, is a geophysicist and a National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar at Columbia University. He is also a Wonderfest Science Envoy.

 Location: Blue River Technology, 605 W. California Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94086
HOW:

This presentation has no admission charge; it's FREE. But please use the inappropriately-named "Tickets" box, below, to make a tax-deductible contribution to nonprofit Wonderfest in accord with the value this experience has FOR YOU.