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Physics & Astronomy Help Lead Themes Initiative

Physics & Astronomy Help Lead Themes Initiative

Physics & Astronomy faculty are involved in developing a number of “curricular themes” at Ohio University. Themes are clusters of courses and communities of students and faculty focused on interdisciplinary areas of interest. They represent a strategy that can be used by students to rationalize completion of the “breadth of […]

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April 1, 2015 at 5:32 pmNews

Are We All Living in a ‘Matrix’ Simulation? Jan. 29

Are We All Living in a ‘Matrix’ Simulation? Jan. 29

Are we all in The Matrix? How would we know if we were? The idea that we might all be living in a computer simulation was popularized by the 1999 movie The Matrix. This idea–which is many ways a variant of questions humans have asked for thousands of years–has recently […]

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January 29, 2015 at 5:00 pmEvents

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Free Screening Nov. 18

Journey to the Center of the Earth, Free Screening Nov. 18

The Science on Screen series presents Journey to the Center of the Earth on Tuesday, Nov. 18, at 7 p.m. at the Athena Cinema. Admission is free. A talk on “Exploring the Unknown” follows the film with Dr. Dan Hembree, Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, and Paleontologist Dr. Patrick O’Connor, […]

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November 18, 2014 at 6:45 pmEvents

Seminar: ‘A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy,’ Oct. 24

The Economics seminar series features Dr. Daniel H. Karney presenting a paper on “A Model of the Model: Unpacking CGE Results on Leakage from Climate Policy” on Friday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Bentley Annex 302. The paper is coauthored with Kathy Baylis and Don Fullerton. Karney is Assistant […]

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October 24, 2014 at 5:15 pmEvents

Theme Launches ‘Knowing What We Know’ Course in Spring

Theme Launches ‘Knowing What We Know’ Course in Spring

The Knowing the Future theme launches a new course on “Knowing What We Know” in Spring 2015. “The theme includes a broad range of classes that teach and discuss the tools that are used to make predictions in disciplines from Mathematics to Population Biology to History,” says theme leader Dr. Daniel Phillips, […]

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September 25, 2014 at 9:34 amNews

Particle Fever: Popular Movie About Higgs Boson, Sept. 23

Particle Fever: Popular Movie About Higgs Boson, Sept. 23

The Athena Cinema has scheduled an encore screening of Particle Fever on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m. Nuclear physicists Dr. David Ingram and Dr. Justin Frantz will introduce the film and provide a short Q&A following the screening. “After we sold out the event at the 41st Annual Film […]

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September 23, 2014 at 5:30 pmEvents

What Was Einstein Thinking? Sept. 22

What Was Einstein Thinking? Sept. 22

The Frontiers in Science Lecture Series presents Dr. Arthur Fine on”What Was Einstein Thinking?” at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 22, in Memorial Auditorium. Fine is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Washington. The name Albert Einstein is synonymous with science and scientific genius. Time Magazine made him […]

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September 22, 2014 at 5:45 pmEvents