Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2016 Fall Meeting of the APS New England Section
Volume 61, Number 11
Friday–Saturday, October 28–29, 2016; North Adams, Massachusetts
Session C1: Banquet |
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Chair: Tiku Majumder, Williams College Room: Church Street Center Social Hall |
Friday, October 28, 2016 7:30PM - 8:30PM |
C1.00001: Discovering Your Inner Scientist Invited Speaker: Chad Orzel In the popular imagination, science is a collection of arcane facts that only a tiny minority of people are capable of understanding. In reality, science a process for generating knowledge by looking at the world, thinking of possible explanations for interesting phenomena, testing those models by observation and experiment, and telling the results of those tests to others. This process is an essential human activity, something we all do every day, often just for fun. In this talk, I explain how everyday activities like card games, crossword puzzles, and sports make use of the same mental tools scientists have used to revolutionize our understanding of the universe. [Preview Abstract] |
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