Public invited to learn about physics

Published: Monday, Jan. 24 2005 12:00 a.m. MST

Events of the U.'s celebration of the "World Year in Physics" include:

A speech by Mildred Dresselhaus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on Feb. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the U.'s Aline Wilmot Skaggs Biology Building. She will talk about ways in which extremely small-scale technology may offer promise for developing energy supplies.
A mentoring session about increasing opportunities for women in science in the U. Marriott Library's Gould Auditorium on Feb. 3. Dresselhaus also will give a technical lecture on recent advances in the photophysics of carbon nanotubes at 4 p.m. in Room 101, James Fletcher Building.
A lectures by Nobel Prize winner Horst Stormer of Columbia University and Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs, speaking on the world of nanoscience. Time and location are to be announced, but the date will be Aug. 9, in conjunction with the American Association of Physics Teachers' annual summer meeting, to be held in Salt Lake City.
A physics demonstration show by the Physics Instructional Resource Association, including Zigmund Peacock of the U. This also is to be Aug. 9 in conjunction with the physics teachers' meeting and is planned for Kingsbury Hall at the university, time yet to be announced.
"An Evening with Einstein," sometime in mid-December, with talks and demonstrations by U. physicists Benjamin Bromley and Orest Symko. They will cover "Space, Time and the Expanding Universe" and "Quest for Energy Using Heat and Sound," respectively.
Free physics film screenings at the Olpin Union Building theater. Each screening includes one documentary and one fictional movie. The sessions are planned for Saturdays — Feb. 19, March 19, April 23, Sept. 17, Oct. 22, Nov. 19 and Dec. 17. All are to be 7 p.m. to midnight, except the March 19 screening, which is 6 p.m. to 10 p.m..
Einstein appearance contest. Showing at the April 23 screening will be the films "Einstein Revealed" and "Real Genius." Between the two, the U. will host a Einstein look-alike contest.
Star parties at the U.'s observatory, located on the roof of the South Physics Building. The observatory will be open to the public, free, every Wednesday evening after dark when the weather permits. No appointments are necessary.
Laboratory tours for Boy Scout and Girl Scout troops. The physics labs will be open, usually in late afternoons, by appointments to the scouts. To schedule a tour, call the department of physics at 581-6901.
"Leonardo on Wheels," an outreach program for the Utah Science Center, which is in the planning stages at the Main Library. Medical physics exhibits from the U. will be featured this year. To schedule a visit to a school, contact Mike Anderson at 671-9089, or mike@utahsciencecenter.org.
Course on Einstein's legacy. During fall semester 2005, only, the university will offer physics 1905, "designed to introduce Einstein's ideas to students in celebration of the centennial of his key discoveries," says a U. press release.

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