Spring 2003

PHYSICS AND RELATED FIELDS
Mondays at 4:30 p.m.
Schwartz Auditorium - Rockefeller Hall
Refreshments 4:00 - 4:20 p.m.

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Spring 2003 Schedule

Jan 20 - 
Kurt Gottfried - Cornell University
Title:  P.A.M. Dirac and the Discovery of Quantum Mechanics

Jan 27
Naomi Makins - UIUC
Title:  Spin Structure of the Proton:  Recent Results from HERMES

Feb 3
Dr. V. Sahakian - Cornell University
Title: String Theory without Equations

Feb 10
Paul Selvin - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title:  Nanometer Resolution with Single Molecule Fluorescence Imaging:  Application to Biomolecular Motors

Feb 17
Henry Kelly - President of the Federation of American Scientists 
Title:  The Future of National Science Policy

Feb 24
Nitin Samarth - Pennsylvania State University
Title:  Semiconductor Spintronics

Mar 3
Lynn Orr - University of Rochester
Title:  Why is the Top Quark Special, and How Can We Exploit It?

Mar 10
Mats Selen - University of Illinois
Title:  Education in Bulk:  The Introductory Physics Courses Revisions at Illinois

Mar 17 - SPRING BREAK

Mar 24
Bert Halperin - Harvard University
BETHE LECTURES
Title:  One-Dimensional Metals in Theory and Experiment

Mar 31
Hasam Padamsee - Cornell University
Title:   Will Superconductivity Propel the Next-Generation Accelerators?

Apr 7
David Spergel - Princeton University
Title: MAP First Year Results:  Implications for Cosmology

Apr 14
Aida El Khadra - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Title: The Charm and Beauty of Lattice QCD

Apr 21
Daniel Gauthier - Duke University
Title: Controlling Cardiac Dynamics

Apr 28
Shri Kulkarni - California Institue of Technology
Salpeter Lecture Series
Title:  Gamma-Ray Bursts:  Brillant Explosions Across the Universe