http://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/ KITP: Public Lecture Series KITP: Public Lecture Series en-us © 2012 by the individual authors doug@kitp.ucsb.edu webmaster@kitp.ucsb.edu Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:25:59 -0700 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 14:25:59 -0700 Education http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/jpolchinski13/ Joe Polchinski, KITP (Joe Polchinski, KITP) Joe Polchinski, KITP http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/jpolchinski13/ Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:00:00 -0800 1:09:34 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dfisher13/ Daniel Fisher, Stanford University (Daniel Fisher, Stanford University) Daniel Fisher, Stanford University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dfisher13/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 20:00:00 -0800 1:14:10 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/lkouwenhoven12/ Leo Kouwenhoven, Delft Univ. of Technology (Leo Kouwenhoven, Delft Univ. of Technology) Leo Kouwenhoven, Delft Univ. of Technology http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/lkouwenhoven12/ Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:00:00 -0800 59:26 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dkormos12/ Diana Kormos Buchwald, Caltech (Diana Kormos Buchwald, Caltech) Diana Kormos Buchwald, Caltech http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dkormos12/ Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:00:00 -0700 1:53:05 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/shartnoll11/ Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University (Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University) Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/shartnoll11/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:00:00 -0700 1:12:49 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/shartnoll12/ Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University (Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University) Sean Hartnoll, Stanford University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/shartnoll12/ Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:00:00 -0700 1:12:49 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/eheuvel11/ Edward van den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam (Edward van den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam) Edward van den Heuvel, University of Amsterdam http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/eheuvel11/ Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:00:00 -0700 1:11:15 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/ Benjamin Monreal, UCSB (Benjamin Monreal, UCSB) Benjamin Monreal, UCSB http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bmonreal11/ Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:30:00 -0700 1:21:43 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bbassler11/ Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University (Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University) Bonnie Bassler, Princeton University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/bbassler11/ Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:00:00 -0800 1:00:36 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/wphillips10/ William Phillips, NIST (William Phillips, NIST) William Phillips, NIST http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/wphillips10/ Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:00:00 -0700 1:42:13 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/aburrows10/ Adam Burrows, Princeton University (Adam Burrows, Princeton University) Adam Burrows, Princeton University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/aburrows10/ Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:00:00 -0700 1:06:22 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/nurse/ Paul Nurse, Rockefeller University (Paul Nurse, Rockefeller University) Paul Nurse, Rockefeller University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/nurse/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:00:00 -0800 1:26:39 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/arkanihamed/ Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study (Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study) Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/arkanihamed/ Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:00:00 -0800 1:31:22 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/spiropulu/ Maria Spiropulu, CERN & Caltech (Maria Spiropulu, CERN & Caltech) Maria Spiropulu, CERN & Caltech http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/spiropulu/ Wed, 13 May 2009 20:00:00 -0700 1:34:31 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dassarma/ Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland (Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland) Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dassarma/ Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:00:00 -0800 1:26:11 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/freedman/ Michael Freedman (Michael Freedman) Michael Freedman http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/freedman/ Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:00:00 -0800 1:16:53 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dijkgraaf/ Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam (Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam) Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/dijkgraaf/ Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:00:00 -0700 1:21:06 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/wang/ Sam Wang, Princeton Univ (Sam Wang, Princeton Univ) Sam Wang, Princeton Univ http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/wang/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:00:00 -0700 1:17:00 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/mccray/ W. Patrick McCray, UCSB (W. Patrick McCray, UCSB) W. Patrick McCray, UCSB W. Patrick McCray, UCSB W. Patrick McCray, UCSB (Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:00) Fifty years ago, Sputnik's launch started the Space Age. Teams of citizen-scientists, including teenagers, teachers, and long-time amateur astronomers, scanned the night sky in hopes of spotting it. As members of Moonwatch, a program initiated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in 1956, these amateur scientists contributed to what became the twentieth century's grandest science project. Largely forgotten today, Moonwatchers played a crucial role at the start of the Space Age. McCray places their story within the context of 1950s Cold War culture and suggests how the public's passion for science might be stimulated once again. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/mccray/ Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:00:00 -0800 59:16 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/lewis/ Nate Lewis, Caltech (Nate Lewis, Caltech) Nate Lewis, Caltech http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/lewis/ Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:00:00 -0800 1:21:32 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/kirshner2/ Robert Kirshner, Harvard University (Robert Kirshner, Harvard University) Robert Kirshner, Harvard University http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/kirshner2/ Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:00:00 -0700 1:21:43 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/nott/ Julian Nott (Julian Nott) Julian Nott http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/nott/ Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:00:00 -0800 1:10:13 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/karma/ Prof. Alain Karma, Northeastern (Prof. Alain Karma, Northeastern) Prof. Alain Karma, Northeastern http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/karma/ Wed, 26 Jul 2006 20:00:00 -0700 1:27:43 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/preskill/ John Preskill, Caltech (Dr. John Preskill, Caltech) Dr. John Preskill, Caltech http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/preskill/ Wed, 03 May 2006 20:00:00 -0700 1:31:01 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/atiyah/ Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh (Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh) Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh (Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:00) For more than two thousand years philosophers, mathematicians and physicists have struggled to understand the nature of space. Kant studied the role of the human mind, mathematicians examined the logical ramifications of space and physicists investigated experimental phenomena. Einstein showed how space and time are inextricably linked. The story continues to the present day, with increasingly exotic scenarios of vibrating strings in ten dimensional space-time. I will review the history and present status of the great philosophical controversies in the light of modern developments. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/atiyah/ Wed, 26 Oct 2005 20:00:00 -0700 1:12:03 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/mccleese/ Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL (Dr. Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL) Dr. Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL Dr. Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL Dr. Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL (Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:00) All space faring nations devote a portion of their resources to exploring the solar system. NASA has a forty-year history of robotic missions reaching into deep space for a better understanding of our origins, the evolution of our planet, and our destiny. For the past decade, NASA has placed considerable emphasis on the search for life beyond Earth. Missions to the rocky terrestrial planets and the moons of the gas giants seek answers to the question: Are other worlds in the solar system habitable by simple organisms? By framing its search objective in this way, NASA motivates investigations of the fundamentals of what makes a planet an abode for life, and what ingredients are required for the origin and evolution of life. In this lecture, we focus on the strategies and results of the search thus far. We will discuss recent scientific missions to Mars, Europa, and Titan. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/mccleese/ Wed, 13 Jul 2005 20:00:00 -0700 1:21:43 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/levine1/ Arnold Levine, IAS (Dr. Arnold Levine, IAS) Dr. Arnold Levine, IAS http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/levine1/ Wed, 02 Feb 2005 20:00:00 -0800 1:24:30 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/hebert1/ Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP (Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP) Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP (Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:00) Using an historical perspective, Santa Barbara artist Jean-Pierre Hebert will "show" (in both the literal and figurative senses of that word) how art and physics have influenced each other and in turn affected and even transformed human perceptions and conceptions of reality. His remarks are also meant to provide a frame for the exhibition of his work, entitled "Fields on Paper," on view at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Hebert is serving as KITP artist in residence. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/hebert1/ Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0700 1:00:00 http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/hebert2/ Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP (Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP) Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP Jean-Pierre Hebert, KITP (Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:00) Using an historical perspective, Santa Barbara artist Jean-Pierre Hebert will "show" (in both the literal and figurative senses of that word) how art and physics have influenced each other and in turn affected and even transformed human perceptions and conceptions of reality. His remarks are also meant to provide a frame for the exhibition of his work, entitled "Fields on Paper," on view at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Hebert is serving as KITP artist in residence. http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/plecture/hebert2/ Wed, 10 Sep 2003 20:00:00 -0700 1:00:00