[Sci-tech-public] "How the Hippies Saved Physics" lecture (28 April)

[David Kaiser]

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		    	dikaiser at mit.edu
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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