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Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00
Why aren't we the size of King Kong?
Author: ik
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 00:00
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Why aren't we the size of King Kong? Or an Ant?
Why do some monkeys have long tails and why is your belly button in
the middle of your body? (You'd look pretty funny with a belly-button
on your forehead!) These and many other questions can be answered by
applying physics principles to biology. Come hear Physics Professor
Paul Selvin, who works at the interface of physics and biology, describe
how life is like game of chance -- physics sets the rules,
but who wins is nearly random.
November 7, 1998 Professor Paul R. Selvin, UIUC
" What's a Physicist Doing Studying Biology?"
10:15-11:30am, 141 Loomis Laboratory of Physics
SATURDAY PHYSICS HONORS PROGRAM
1110 W Green Street, Urbana, IL. Free admission
The lectures are free and are opened to everyone. Presentations
assume no prior training in physics. If you need more information
please contact Professor Scott Willenbrock or Joyce Lucas
(Program Coordinator) at 244 1548
Dr Inga Karliner
Physics Dept UIUC
karliner@uiuc.edu
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The entire series schedule is also in:
<http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/outreach/honors/>
Future presentations:
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November 21, 1998 Professor Deborah M. Errede, UIUC
"How Do Airplanes Work?
Taking a Fear Out of Flying a Piper Archer II"
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December 5, 1998
Professor Douglas Hofstadter, Indiana University, Bloomington
"Is Music Composition More Elusive for Computers
Than Championship Chess ?"
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past talks:
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September 26, 1998
Professor Frederick K. Lamb UIUC
"Exotic Objects of the Cosmos:
Neutron Stars, Pulsars, and Black Holes"
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October 10, 1998
Professor Alan M. Nathan, UIUC
"Baseball: It's Not Nuclear Physics (or is it?!) "
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October 24, 1998 Professor Laura H. Greene, UIUC
"High-Temperature Superconductors:
From Broken Symmetries to Cell Phones"
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