Physics Colloquia – Spring 2006 

(Fridays 1:30 PM. Rm GN 102)

(Note: Speakers in italics are not yet confirmed.)

Date Speaker Title
Jan 20
Hans Bethe lecture
Quantum Mechanics made relatively simple - video lecture 1
Jan 27
Hans Bethe lecture
Quantum Mechanics made relatively simple - video lecture 2
Feb 3
Mike Schlesinger (ONR)
Glass-Formers Under Pressure: A New Relaxation-Time Law
Feb 17
"Declining by Degrees"
NPR broadcast (DVD) of the state of American Universities. Co-hosted with the Master Teachers program.
Feb 24
TBA
TBA
Mar 3
G. J. Mathews (University of Notre Dame, Center for Astrophysics)
Understanding Dark Energy and Dark Matter
Mar 10
No colloquium.
 
Mar 17
M. Batchelor (Australian National University, Canberra)
The growth and form of stromatolites: a challenge for physicists
Mar 24
J. Zhang (FIU)
TBA
Mar 31
Anatoli Melechko (ORNL)
TBA
Apr 7
Steve Bruenn (FAU)
TBA
Apr 14
Garrett Matthews (USF)
TBA
Apr 21
Armin Fuchs (FAU)
TBA
Apr 28
No colloquium.