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“I even felt surreal that such a “paradise” for theoretical physicists exists in this world!”
50th Celebration Events for Physicists and the PublicWe celebrated 50 years of physics in Aspen on July 7 and August 11, 2012. Many other special lectures and events were held throughout the summer. If you would like to view any of the 50th celebratory events that were recorded, click on the video links in the event listings below. June 20 Sky Stories and Ice Cream Social co-hosted with the Aspen Science Center and Spellbinders Storytellers at ACP, 700 West Gillespie, 8:00 pm. See the video preview and/or see it on video June 30/July 1 The 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival at the Aspen Institute included physicist Brian Greene of Columbia University ACP Founder George Stranahan's photographic collection was on display all summer in the Paepcke Gallery. July 4 Our founders, Michael Cohen, Robert Craig and George Stranahan, were Grand Marshals and physicists marched and drove in the Aspen 4th of July Parade, 12:00 noon July 5 John Grunsfeld Public Lecture – Big Science Questions at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm (Kids and adults were able tomeet the Astronaut and Hubble Repairman in the Paepcke Lobby, 5:15 pm) See it on video July 7 Symposium – Public Engagement in Science at Paepcke Auditorium, 1:00-2:30 pm.See it on video July 7 Birthday Celebration and Reception at ACP, 700 West Gillespie, 3:00-5:30 pm. See it on video July 12 Persis Drell Public Lecture – A Billion Times Brighter - The Linac Coherent Light Source at SLAC at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm. See it on video July 19 Charles F. Stevens Public Lecture – Maps of–and in–the Brain at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm. Video Preview and see it on video July 22–25 ICAM/ACP Workshop: Becoming Engaged: Initiatives that Can Change Science Education at the Inn at Aspen July 24 Shaham/Jackiw Concert at Harris Hall, 8:00 pm July 25 Ralph Cicerone Public Lecture – Contemporary Climate Change as Seen through Data at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm. See it on video August 2 Boris Odio de Granda Public Lecture – Alchemy, Violins and the Harmony of Physics at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm August 8 George Stranahan Talk and Reception on the Stranahan Photo Collection at Paepcke Auditorium, 5:00-7:00 pm August 9 Lisa Randall Public Lecture – Knocking on Heaven's Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm. See it on video August 10 NPR's Science Friday featured physicists Michael Turner and Lisa Randall, ACP Members. (KAJX, 91.5 FM in Aspen) Listen to the recording August 11 Symposium – The Future of Physics at Paepcke Auditorium, 2:00-4:00 pm. See it on video August 11 Reception and Celebration at ACP, 700 West Gillespie, 4:00-6:00 pm August 12 Aspen Science Festival – Street Fair at Paepcke Park, 9:00 am-4:00 pm August 16 J. C. Séamus Davis Public Lecture – Visualizing the Quantum World at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm. See it on video August 23 Craig Hogan Public Lecture – Experiments with Space and Time at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm See it on video August 30 John Schwarz Public Lecture – String Theory in Aspen at Paepcke Auditorium, 6:00 pm See it on video |
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