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TRIUMF, SFU, UBC Lecture
Frontiers of Modern Physics
Saturday, 29 February 2020 10:00AM PST
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Barry Davids, TRIUMF
Jess McIver, UBC
Frontiers of Modern Physics
Feb 29, 2020 at 10:00am in Room 2740, SFU Surrey Campus
Overview
"Science is a field which grows continuously with ever-expanding frontiers."
—John Bardeen, physicist and electrical engineer
Venture to the frontiers of modern physics with the Fall 2020 season of the Saturday Morning Lectures, proudly presented by TRIUMF, SFU, and UBC. This free, parallel lecture series will be livestreamed this term. All ages welcome. No mathematical or scientific knowledge is necessary or assumed.
Schedule
| Time | Speaker/Institution | Title |
| 10:00 AM |
Barry Davids, TRIUMF | The origin of the elements – nuclear physics in the cosmos |
| 11:00 AM | Break and Refreshments | |
| 11:10 AM | Jess McIver, UBC | Spacetime, black holes, and cosmic collisions: sensing gravitational waves with Advanced LIGO |
