Symposium on the Nature of Science
October 8, 2008

Join Fermilab Director Pier Oddone and other leading scientists in a celebration of physics, chemistry, biology, and the interplay among them.

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This will be the sixth Symposium on the Nature of Science. Streaming video of sessions from previous symposia is available in the archive.

Agenda

All sessions in Ramsey Auditorium

8:30–9:00 Check-in
Ramsey Auditorium foyer
 
Session I
9:00–10:45
Pier Oddone (Fermilab)—Welcome
Carl Haber (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)—Imaging the Voices of the Past: Using Physics to Restore Historical Sound Recordings
Mark Ratner (Northwestern University)—Nano 201: A Gentle Introduction to Nanotechnology and Nanoscience
 
10:45–11:30
Lunch
Wilson Hall Cafe
 
Session II
11:30–1:00
Marsha Rosner (University of Chicago)—Regulation of the Angiogenic Switch: Blood Vessel Growth and Cancer
Jeffrey Berryhill (Fermilab)—Big Science's Next Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider
Q & A
 

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