KITP Public Lectures
- Nima Arkani-Hamed, Institute for Advanced Study
Exploring the Dark Universe(Dec 09)
- Maria Spiropulu, CERN & Caltech
The Universe in Collisions(May 09)
- Sankar Das Sarma, University of Maryland
Quantum Reality(Feb 09)
- Michael Freedman, Microsoft Station Q
Topology, Physics, and Complexity: The Birthing of the Quantum Computer(Nov 08)
- Robbert Dijkgraaf, University of Amsterdam
Mathematics and the Quantum Universe(Jul 08)
- Sam Wang, Princeton Univ
Welcome to Your Brain: Why You Lose Your Car Keys but Never Forget How to Drive and Other Puzzles of Everyday Life(Apr 08)
- W. Patrick McCray, UCSB
Citizen-Scientists and the Dawn of the Space Age(Jan 08)
- Nathan Lewis, Caltech
Challenges for Global Energy(Dec 07)
- Robert Kirshner
Einstein's Blunder Undone: The Discovery of Cosmic Acceleration(Apr 07)
- Julian Nott
Intellectual Courage and Scientific Ballooning-- Exploring Landscapes Near & Far(Feb 07)
- Dr. Alain Karma, Northeastern
Bringing Order to Chaotic Hearts(Jul 06)
- Dr. John Preskill, Caltech
Putting Weirdness to Work: Quantum Information Science(May 06)
- Sir Michael Atiyah, University of Edinburgh
The Nature of Space(Oct 05)
- Dr. Daniel McCleese, NASA/JPL
The Search for Habitable Environments in the Solar System(Jul 05)
- Dr. Lawrence Badash, UCSB
Albert Einstein the Peacenik(Apr 05)
- Dr. Arnold Levine, IAS
Genetic Predispositions for Cancers in Humans(Feb 05)
- Dr. William Bialek, Princeton University
From photons to perception: A physicist looks at the brain(Sep 04)
- Dr. Charles Beichman, JPL/Caltech
Finding Planets and Searching for Life: Worthy Goals for 21st Century Science(Mar 04)
- Jean-Pierre Hébert, KITP
The Interplay Between Art and Physics: Altering Perceptions of Reality(Sep 03)
- Dr. Arnold Levine, IAS
The Human Genome Project, Where Do We Go From Here?(Jun 03)
- Dr. Boris Kayser, Fermilab
Neutrinos Get Under Your Skin(Apr 03)
- Shing-Tung Yau, Harvard
Geometry: Its Charm and Application(Mar 03)
- John Grunsfeld, NASA
New Eyes for Space Exploration: Upgrading the Hubble Telescope(Oct 02)
- Frank Wilczek, MIT
The World's Numerical Recipe(Apr 02)
- Don Eigler,
Building Things with Atoms: A Report from the Small Frontier (Dec 01)
- Geoffrey Marcy,
You Say You Want a Revolution: Planetary Systems Different from our Own (Oct 01)
- Melissa Franklin,
This Particular Elegant Universe: How Do We Measure It? (Jan 01)
- Steven Girvin,
Mr. Feynman's Quantum Mechanics: A Field Guide for Curious Characters (Nov 00)
- James Hartle,
The Future of Gravity (Apr 00)
- Peter Galison,
Einstein's Clocks: High Theory and Lowly Technology (Nov 99)
- Roger Penrose,
Science and the Mind (May 99)
- Kip Thorne,
Spacetime Warps and the Quantum: A Glimpse of the Future (Feb 99)
- Wolfgang Ketterle,
A New Form of Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensation and the Atom Laser(Mar 98)
- Edward Witten,
Duality, Spacetime and Quantum Mechanics(Jan 98)
- Robert Kirshner,
Taking the Measure of the Universe: How Big? How Old? How Do We Know? (Nov 97)
