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.

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)—Signaling Pathways and Cancer: How can we suppress Metastasis?
Jeffrey Berryhill (Fermilab)—Big Science's Next Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider
Q & A
 

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