Communication; Growth – Apr 30
Wonderfest Science Envoys are early-career researchers with special communication skills and aspirations. Following short talks on provocative modern science topics, these two Science Envoys will answer questions with insight and enthusiasm:
• UC Berkeley psychologist Sophia Li on Imperfect Communication — As a communicator, I want to transfer information from my mind into the minds of listeners. Research shows that both listeners and uninvolved observers have overly positive perceptions of any communicator. They believe that the communicator knows more than s/he actually does, and has articulated thoughts better than s/he actually has.
• Stanford physicist Josh Tong on Growth and Form — Living creatures grow and transform their shape, to the awe of many scientists. What does it mean to grow? How do we compare an organism at different stages of its growth? Mathematics can help us find the way to understand this fundamental transformation.
This interactive science presentation, free and unticketed, is produced by Wonderfest in partnership with Marin Science Seminar.
Marin Science Seminar [https://marinscienceseminar.com]
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Poincaré Beauty – Sep 24
At the turn of the new millennium, a renowned mathematics institute pledged $7 million for the solution of seven special math problems, $1 million each. Only one of these seven Millennium Prize Problems has been solved. That problem, originally posed over a century ago by Henri Poincaré, asked a deep question about the nature of 3-dimensional space. Its resolution opened our (mathematical) eyes to the beauty of 3-dimensional universes — filled with curved geometries, wormholes, and a whole lot of pretty math. This presentation, assuming only a high school math background, will explore the beauty of these spacey ideas in mathematical topology.
Our speaker, Dr. Steve Trettel, is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of San Francisco. He is a geometric topologist who loves computer graphics and a good bike ride.
Dr. Steve Trettel
San Francisco Public Library
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Counting From Infinity: A Special Film Screening with Keith Devlin, Aug 18
This is a ticketed event. Please purchase tickets here: http://bit.ly/1CXXEJ1
This is a ticketed event. Please purchase tickets here: http://bit.ly/1CXXEJ1
- WHAT: Counting From Infinity: A Special Film Screening with Keith Devlin
- WHO: Dr. Keith Devlin, H-STAR Institute Director, Stanford
- WHEN: Tuesday, August 18, 2015; 6:30pm check-in, 7:00 program
- WHERE: Cubberley Community Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. Map: <http://bit.ly/1fvwlL0>
- HOW: In association with Commonwealth Club Silicon Valley.
- TICKETS: http://bit.ly/1CXXEJ1
- WHY: Because we’re curious creatures.
Image Credit: Nautilus http://bit.ly/1I1Sh8d
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