Wednesday, 09/08/21
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Commonwealth Club - Online Event
Fear of a Black Universe - Livestream
In his latest book, Fear of a Black Universe: An Outsider's Guide to the Future of Physics, Brown University's Dr. Stephon Alexander explores some of nature's deepest questions. He uses the principles of invariance, quantization, and emergence to address ideas at the outer limits of physics, including even what happened before the big bang and what makes consciousness possible! Dr. Alexander argues that further progress in physics will likely be enhanced by embracing the excluded, listening to the formerly unheard, and being fearless in the face of possible error.
See weblink for discount code
Website: http://wonderfest.org/black-universe/
Cost: Free with discount code (WONDERFEST)
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Thursday, 09/09/21 12:30 PM
Long Now Foundation
A History of Civilization in Twelve Clocks - Livestream
How has time been imagined, politicized, and weaponized over the centuries"and how it might bring peace?
Horologist David Rooney tells the hidden story of timekeeping and how it continues to shape our modern world. From medieval water clocks to monumental sundials, and from coastal time signals to satellites in earth's orbit, Rooney takes us on a global journey that showcases the ingenuity and craftsmanship humans have used to track and measure time. His in-depth research illustrates the very real effects clocks and timekeeping have on everything from navigation, to capitalism, to politics, to our very identity.
An expert storyteller, Rooney brings pivotal moments from the past vividly to life and shows us how a history of clocks is a history of civilization.
David Rooney, is a historian of technology and expert on clocks and timekeeping practices. As a curator at the Science Museum, London, Rooney was the lead caretaker of Long Now's Prototype 1 of The 10,000 Year Clock which is on display there in the Making of the Modern World exhibit.
Website: https://longnow.org/seminars/02021/sep/09/history-civilization-twelve-clocks/
Cost: Free
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Thursday, 09/09/21
06:00 PM - 10:00 PM
ExplOratorium
Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green Street)
San Francisco, CA 94111
After Dark: Science Fiction Turned Fact
While science fiction is primarily a genre of imagination, there's a tradition of sci-fi speculations slowly emerging as fact. At this After Dark program, dig into technological innovations that, though now familiar (or soon to be familiar), were once the stuff of imaginative conjecture. Learn how these technologies have, or may, have far-reaching impacts. And consider how alternatives to our current realities can grow from acts of the imagination.
Website: https://www.exploratorium.edu/visit/calendar/after-dark-science-fiction-turned-fact
Cost: $19.95 General, Free for members
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Saturday, 09/11/21 7:30 PM
Mount Tamalpias Astronomy Lectures
Advanced Instrumentation in Optical Astronomy - Livestream
Ground-based telescopes have come a long way in recent decades. Today they can take advantage of adaptive optics systems that reduce the effect of atmospheric image distortion, and, also, of fast compact computers that allow small telescopes to reach the capability of large telescopes. The result is a lively community of citizen astronomers who (among other things) can detect exoplanets and help study the size, shape, and trajectory of near-Earth asteroids
Speaker: Franck Marchis, SETI
See weblink for Zoom information
Website: https://www.mttamastronomy.org/calendar#h.51voqul87vu0
Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89697734661#success
Cost: Free
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Saturday, 09/11/21
09:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Chabot Space and Science Center
Virtual Telescope Viewing - Livestream
Join our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!
Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be available for an open forum for all of your most pressing astronomy questions.
Other Dates For This Event:
- Saturday, 09/11/21
- Saturday, 09/18/21
- Saturday, 09/25/21
- Saturday, 10/02/21
Website: https://chabotspace.org/calendar/virtual-telescope-viewing/2021-09-11/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCarFXs-04xmdHW_PVc7LWRg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/4443135732423850/?event_time_id=4443137535757003
Cost: Free
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Wednesday, 09/15/21 7:00 PM
San Francisco Amateur Astronomers
Tales from the Stratosphere - Livestream
SOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, operated by NASA, is a Boeing 747SP aircraft that flies into the stratosphere, above 99 percent of Earth’s infrared-blocking atmosphere, allowing research in ways not possible with ground-based telescopes.
Ten years after her first flight on SOFIA, Marita Beard's stories about her experiences on SOFIA continue to serve as a way to engage and connect learning goals to real world education opportunities for her students. As an Airborne Ambassador for SOFIA, Marita will share how her experiences on several SOFIA flights helped her achieve her lifelong dream of being a part of a NASA mission. She works to inspire her students to pursue their own STEM goals through learning how science is conducted on SOFIA. Her students also learn about the backgrounds of people involved with SOFIA, and what SOFIA has discovered since its first flight.
Marita believes she has much to contribute because of working with SOFIA at NASA Ames prior to going into teaching, and she will share her experiences with us.
Speaker: Marita Beard, Leigh High School, San Jose
Website: https://www.sfaa-astronomy.org/live-streamed-lectures/
Connect starting at 6:30pm on Wednesday, September 15th by clicking this Zoom meeting link:
https://zoom.us/j/95830904603?pwd=UDNKdm16US9wK1EremdJeGptdjNNdz09
Clicking the link may prompt you to install the Zoom virtual meeting app. Once installed, you will be able to join the meeting. If the app is already installed on your device, simply enter the meeting number 958 3090 4603 and password 116064 to join the meeting.
Once joined, you can test your audio and video, and greet other members.
Board members will join the meeting early to help troubleshoot any problems with audio or video.
"Doors Open" at 6:30pm and the announcements and lecture will start promptly at 7:00pm.
Cost: Free
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Thursday, 09/16/21
05:00 PM - 06:30 PM
Cafe Scientifique Silicon Valley
Seven Months of Perseverance on Mars - Livestream
I will discuss what the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover has been up to on Mars since landing on February 18, 2021.
Speaker: Ken Farley, Calinfornia Institute of Technology
Register at weblink to receive connection information.
Website: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-cafe-scientifique-perseverance-on-mars-tickets-167526298669?aff=CafeSciWebsite
Cost: Free
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Saturday, 09/18/21
09:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Chabot Space and Science Center
Virtual Telescope Viewing - Livestream
Join our resident astronomers on Facebook Live every Saturday evening live from Chabot’s Observation deck!
Each week, our astronomers will guide us through spectacular night sky viewing through Nellie, Chabot‘s most powerful telescope. Weather permitting we will be able to view objects live through the telescopes and our astronomers will be available for an open forum for all of your most pressing astronomy questions.
Other Dates For This Event:
- Saturday, 09/18/21
- Saturday, 09/25/21
- Saturday, 10/02/21
Website: https://chabotspace.org/calendar/virtual-telescope-viewing/2021-09-18/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCarFXs-04xmdHW_PVc7LWRg
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/4443135732423850/?event_time_id=4443137535757003
Cost: Free
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Monday, 09/20/21 12:10 PM
Campbell Hall, Rm 131
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
Searching for the quietest compact objects in the Milky Way
Speaker: Tharindu Jayasinghe Arachchilage
Website: https://tac.berkeley.edu/monday-tac-seminar/
Cost: Free
