Public lecture series to focus on science
By Vince Stricherz
News & Information
How insects fly, testing gravity in the laboratory and in the cosmos, and looking ahead to the computer and communications revolution still to come will be the topics in this year’s University of Washington Science Forum public lecture series.
Three times a year, outstanding UW researchers give public lectures about the cutting-edge research carried on at the UW. The talks are designed to be easily understood by people with a high school science background.
All lectures will be on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Kane Hall, room 130, on the UW campus, and will be taped for broadcast on UWTV. This year’s speakers are:
March 7, Tom Daniel, zoology professor - Daniel will talk about how current studies of insect flight and other animal movements, some being carried out by UW students, are providing insight into the complexity of biological systems and could inspire the design of an entire new generation of robots.
April 4, Christopher Stubbs, astronomy and physics professor - Stubbs will discuss recent observations of gravity, how they have spawned new attempts to understand this most familiar force of nature on the largest and smallest scales, and why they have led to a strong sense that a fundamental breakthrough in physics in imminent.
May 2, Ed Lazowska, the Bill and Melinda Gates Endowed Chair in Computer Science and Engineering - Lazowska will talk about how, despite the fact that computer science has transformed life in the United States and is driving the nation’s economy, the real revolution in computing and communications is still in the future, and research universities will play a major role.
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March 1, 2001