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From the Program Chair

Posted on May 1, 2012 by ST Editors

Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to our April lecturer, Professor Gregory Matloff, for his talk on Biosphere Extension. Our 2011-2012 Peyton Hall lecture season concludes with a real cosmic bang – a definite not to be missed lecture by … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on March 6, 2012 by ST Editors

Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to Dr. Paul Steinhardt for our February lecture, “Inflationary Cosmology on Trial”. March heralds the beginning of spring with another not to miss lecture by Dr. Mark Trodden, “Modern Cosmology and the Building Blocks … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on February 6, 2012 by ST Editors

Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to Dr. Michael Shara who provided a fascinating talk on the structure and evolution of novae and supernovae as well as a focus on his current exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on January 3, 2012 by ST Editors

Submitted by Michael Wright for Ken Levy, Program Chair Last month Dr. Gaspar Bakos of Princeton’s Astrophysical Sciences Department gave a fascinating and entertaining talk on his discovery of transiting extrasolar planets with the globe-spanning Hungarian Automated Telescope Network. AAAP’s … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on December 7, 2011 by ST Editors

by Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to AAAP’s Dr. Ken Kremer for last month’s lecture ‘What’s Beyond for NASA”. Ken attended the launch of The Mars Science Laboratory (aka Curiosity) at the Kennedy Space Center on November 26th. The … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on October 31, 2011 by ST Editors

by Ken Levy, Program Chair Many thanks to Prof. Freeman Dyson whose October lecture packed Peyton Hall. Professor Dyson led a spirited discussion on the search for life within our solar system and beyond. For those who missed the event … Continue reading →

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From the Program Chair

Posted on October 4, 2011 by ST Editors

by Ken Levy, Program Chair October’s lecture promises to be extra special with the appearance of eminent physicist Dr. Freeman Dyson. Dr. Dyson has contributed an incredible body of work from formulations of quantum electrodynamics in 1949 to being a … Continue reading →

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