Hello, all,
I will be delivering a public lecture next week as part of the
Cambridge Science Festival, based on my recent book project. The event
is free and open to the public -- come one, come all!
Here's some information:
Wednesday, 28 April
6:00pm- 7:00pm
How the Hippies Saved Physics
MIT Museum, 265 Mass. Ave.
In recent years, the field of quantum information science has
catapulted to the cutting edge of physics. Long before the big budgets
and dedicated teams however, the field smoldered on the scientific
sidelines within the hazy, bong-filled excesses of the 1970s New Age
movement. Many of the ideas that now occupy the core of quantum
information science once found their home amid an anything-goes
counterculture frenzy, a mishmash of spoon-bending psychics, Eastern
mysticism, LSD trips, CIA spooks chasing mind-reading dreams, and
comparable "Age of Aquarius" enthusiasts. Listen as MIT Professor
David Kaiser describes the field's bumpy transition from New Age to
cutting edge.
You can learn more about the Cambridge Science Festival here:
http://cambridgesciencefestival.org/Home.aspx
best,
Dave
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David Kaiser [email protected]
Associate Professor
Program in Science, Technology, & Society
and Lecturer, Department of Physics
Building E51-185
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Phone: 617 452-3173 Fax: 617 258-8118
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www
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