World of Science Seminars 2001

The Murray Hill Science Education Club sponsors a series of lecture-demonstrations each year. These lectures are given by members of technical staff at Bell Laboratories and are designed for high school students and teachers. Any other interested individuals are also welcome. Each lecture is held at 10:00 on Saturday morning in the Bell Laboratories Murray Hill Auditorium and lasts approximately one hour. There is a question and answer period following the seminar.

The lecture schedule in 2001 is:

February 10: Randy C. Giles
"Micromachines of the Gigabit Era"

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March 3: Wim Sweldens
"The Mathematics of Movie Making"

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March 17: Michale S. Fee
"Bird Songs: The Machine Behind the Music"

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March 31: David Wittman
"Gravitational Lensing and Dark Matter"

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April 28: Serap A. Savari
"Who Let the Bits Out? Compressing Data to the Limit"

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Slides from the 2000, 1999 and 1998 series are online. The seminar series goes back to 1984.

Links to sites that Bell Labs scientists have mentioned as particularly useful for classroom material:
NIH Curriculum Supplements

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In case of inclement weather call 908-582-7760 for a recorded message.
http://cm.bell-labs.com/world-of-science