"I found the general atmosphere [at the Aspen Center for Physics] very stimulating. All practical matters were taken care of in a pragmatic and effective way, all time was available for discussions and self-study. The beautiful surroundings did not distract, but stimulated creative thinking. It is too bad that life cannot always be so simple and pleasant."

Heinz Pagels Lectures and Dialogues

Summer 2012

Free

These are very special popular talks designed for a general audience. Dialogues are smaller discussions with a physicist.

  • May 24 Gil Holder Dialogue on CMB/Planck/SPT at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • May 31 Dragan Huterer Dialogue on Dark Energy/Inflation at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • June 7 Robert Austin Dialogue on The Physics of Cancer at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • June 14 Joshua Shaevitz Dialogue at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • June 20 Sky Stories with Astronomer Daryl Haggard and Ice Cream Social at the Aspen Center for Physics, cohosted with the Aspen Science Center, 8:00-9:30 pm, bring a blanket. flashlight and/or binoculars if you have them
  • June 21 Alicia Soderberg Dialogue at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • June 28 Martin Elvis Dialogue on Love, Fear & Greed: Why We Should Go to the Asteroids at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm
  • July 5 John Grunsfeld Public Lecture at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • July 7 Symposium – Public Engagement in Science at Paepcke Auditorium, 1:00-3:00 pm
  • July 7 Birthday Party and Cocktail Reception - at Aspen Center for Physics, 3:00-5:30 pm
  • July 12 Persis Drell Public Lecture - A Billion Times Brighter - The Linac Coherent Light Source At SLAC at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • July 19 Charles F. Stevens Public Lecture - Understanding the Brain at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • July 25 Ralph Cicerone Public Lecture at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • August 2 Boris Odio de Granda Public Lecture- Alchemy, Violins and the Harmony of Physics at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • August 9 Lisa Randall Public Lecture at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • August 11 Symposium – The Future of Physics at Paepcke Auditorium, 2:00-4:00 pm
  • August 11 Reception - at the Aspen Center for Physics, 4:00-6:00 pm
  • August 16 J. C. Séamus Davis Public Lecture- Visualizing the Quantum World at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • August 23 Martin Rees Public Lecture at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • August 30 John Schwarz Public Lecture – String Theory in Aspen at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm
  • September 6 Sergei Maslov and Kim Sneppen Dialogue at the ACP Flug Forum, 5:30 pm