Science Research Public Lectures are sponsored by the FAS Division of Science. The program seeks to introduce the broader local community to the exciting research of Harvard University faculty in a manner accessible to lay audiences. These talks are scheduled throughout the year in the Science Center and are open to the public.
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- Sep 25, 2019: Francis Su, "Mathematics for Human Flourishing" [more info]
- May 1, 2019: Curtis McMullen, "A Skeptical History of Numbers." [more info]
- Apr 17, 2019: Michael D. Johnson, "Photographing A Supermassive Black Hole With The Event Horizon Telescope." [more info]
- Feb 11, 2019: Martin Nowak, "The Mathematics of Cooperation." [more info]
- Sep 26, 2018: Lisa Barsotti, "The Dawn of Gravitational Wave Astronomy." [more info]
- Oct 25, 2017: Jelani Nelson, "Sketching Big Data." [more info]
- Mar 28, 2017: Naomi Oreskes, "The Scientist as Sentinel." [more info]
- Mar 9, 2016: Krzysztof Gajos, "Design and Discrimination." [more info]
- Nov 18, 2015: Daniel Nocera, "Energy for 1 × 6 Billion." [more info]
- Sep 23, 2015: Mara Prentiss, "Energy Revolution." [more info]
- Apr. 8, 2015: Susan E. Mango, "Cells, Membranes, Cholesterol and Temperature Control." [more info]
- Mar 4, 2015: Jennifer A. Lewis, "3D Printing: Making the Future." [more info]
- Feb 4, 2015: Daniel Eisenstein, "Dark Energy and Cosmic Sound." [more info]
- Nov. 20, 2014: Philip Kim, "Relativity, Quantum Physics, and Graphene." [more info]
- Oct. 30, 2014: Melissa Franklin, "Putting the Higgs Boson in Its Place: The Quest to Excite the Empty Universe." [more info]
- Sep 23, 2014: Avi Loeb, "New Search Methods for Primitive and Intelligent Life Far from Earth." [more info]
- Apr 10, 2014: Markus Greiner, "Atomic Legos: Building and Investigating Quantum Materials One Atom at a Time." [more info]
- Mar 13, 2014: Pardis Sabeti, "Evolutionary Forces in Humans and Pathogens." [more info]
- Feb 2, 2014: Adam Cohen, "Bringing Bioelectricity to Light." [more info]
- Dec 18, 2013: Sarah Stewart, "The Violent Origin of the Earth and Moon." [more info]
- Nov 13, 2013: Noah Feldman, "On the Nature of Evidence." [more info]
- Oct 16, 2013: Katie Hinde, "Why Mammals Suck." [more info]
- Sep 25, 2013: John Asher Johnson, "Hot on the Trail of Warm Planets Around Cool Stars." [more info]
- May 8, 2013: Edo Berger, "Gamma-Ray Bursts: The Biggest Explosion Since the Big Bang!" [more info]
- Mar 27, 2013: Scott Edwards, "Birds: Evolution and Innovation in a Changing World." [more info]
- Feb 27, 2013: Jeff Lichtman, "Connectomics: Mapping the Brain." [more info]