Cafe Scientifique Jan 14th, 2014 – Black Holes – More than Meets the Eye Speaker: Laura Ferrarese – Herzberg Institute and University of Victoria, Faculty of Science. Time: 6:30PM-8PM Place: Hermann’s Jazz Club. (Free) Tickets Required (SOLD OUT, but waitlist available)
Jan 8, 2014 – “A brief update on modern physics” – W. John McDonald
From the smallest constituents of atoms to the largest structures in the Universe nothing is as it seemed in 1900 just before relativity and the quantum revolutionized science. My aim is to give a broad-brush picture of the material world