Marking Time: Consciousness, Cosmos, and Calendars

Auditorium

This presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here   Photo: Midnight Planétarium Watch by Van Cleef & Arpels “Marking Time: Consciousness, Cosmos, and Calendars“ “Explore […]

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Darwin Day: Heroes of Evolution

Auditorium

This presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here   Heroes of Evolution: Margulis and McClintock: The Women Who Broke Darwinian Theory This lecture will honor […]

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Fire & Rain

Nikolai's Planetarium

This presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here   Fire and Rain “Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend But I always thought I’d see you again.”   […]

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Celestial Orbits, Part I

Auditorium

This presentation has since taken place, you can view the film recording here   Here I present the basic physics that underpins the orbits of celestial bodies.  Starting from Newton's laws of motion and gravitation, and using many examples from everyday life, I elucidate fundamental concepts of mass and weight, true and fictitious forces, potential […]

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