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U of C will explain the “Most Violent Place in Universe” to us lay-folx
I’m totally going to this series of lectures explaining black holes to lay-people like me.
Free lecture series to explore most violent places in the universe
March 20, 2007
Nine free lectures at the University of Chicago will explore how black holes, remnants of exploded stars and other exotic celestial objects emit streams of powerful gamma rays.
“The Quest for Gamma Rays: Exploring the Most Violent Places in the Universe,” is the title of this year’s Arthur Holly Compton Lectures, sponsored each spring and fall by the University’s Enrico Fermi Institute. The 65th series of these public lectures will begin Saturday, March 24, and will be held each Saturday through June 2 (except for April 21 and May 26, when there will be no lectures). The lectures will be given from 11 a.m. to noon in Room 106 of the Kersten Physics Teaching Center, 5720 S. Ellis Ave.
Compton Lectures are intended to make science accessible to a general audience and to convey the excitement of new discoveries in the physical sciences….more