BIG PHYSICS, BIG QUESTIONS

BIG PHYSICS, BIG QUESTIONS

BOSTON, MA 24 February 2018

Time and again, physicists and engineers take on seemingly impossible tasks and win thanks to a heady mix of imagination, ambition and sheer determination. Hosted by acclaimed author Jennifer Ouellette, Instant Expert: Big Physics, Big Questions in Boston, MA offers the chance to spend the day with six mind-expanding experts from the fields of physics and astronomy.

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What topics will be covered? Our six leading experts will be talking about these fascinating topics and much more: Gravitational waves: sirens of the cosmos / The Large Hadron Collider / Neutrino hunting / Exoplanets / Fusion: taming the power of the sun / Supermassive black holes / And much more.

Who will be speaking? Lisa Barsotti Principal research scientist at the MIT Kavli Institute. Her work is pushing the frontiers of gravitational wave research. Michael Johnson SAO Einstein fellow at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. He is creating a gigantic network of telescopes capable of imaging compact objects like black holes. Melissa Franklin The Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University. She studies collisions between protons accelerated to the highest energies at the Large Hadron Collider. Lindley Winslow Assistant professor of physics at MIT. She hunts for neutrinos and axionic dark matter using sophisticated detectors. Dennis Whyte Director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center at MIT. His research concerns the basic physics of plasmas in tokamaks. Sarah Ballard Torres Fellow for Exoplanetary Research at MIT Kavli Institute. She studies planetary systems around stars other than the sun. Hosted by Jennifer Ouellette Best-selling author of The Calculus Diaries and Me, Myself and Why.

When and where? Saturday 24 February 2018, 10am - 5pm (doors at 9:15am) District Hall, 75 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA 02210 Ticket includes lunch and refreshments during the day.

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