Symposium on the Nature of Science
October 8, 2008

Thank you for joining our celebration of physics, chemistry, biology, and the interplay among them. Streaming video of the talks is available for most speakers; click on the speaker's name in the agenda below. Look for the seventh Symposium in early October 2009.

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 (Streaming video not yet posted.)
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? (Streaming video unavailable.)
Jeffrey Berryhill (Fermilab)—Big Science's Next Big Bang: The Large Hadron Collider
Q & A
 

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