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TRIUMF, 911³Ô¹Ï, UBC Lecture
Frontiers of Modern Physics
Saturday, 29 February 2020 10:00AM PST
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Barry Davids, TRIUMF
Jess McIver, UBC
Frontiers of Modern Physics
Feb 29, 2020 at 10:00am in Room 2740, 911³Ô¹Ï Surrey Campus
Overview
"Science is a field which grows continuously with ever-expanding frontiers."
—John Bardeen, physicist and electrical engineer
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2020 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, 911³Ô¹Ï, and UBC. This free, parallel lecture series will be livestreamed this term. All ages welcome. No mathematical or scientific knowledge is necessary or assumed.
Schedule
| Time | Speaker/Institution | Title |
| 10:00 AM |
Barry Davids, TRIUMF | The origin of the elements – nuclear physics in the cosmos |
| 11:00 AM | Break and Refreshments | |
| 11:10 AM | Jess McIver, UBC | Spacetime, black holes, and cosmic collisions: sensing gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO |