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Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures


Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures

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Length:
45 episodes
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

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Listen to exciting, non-technical talks on some of the most interesting developments in astronomy and space science. Founded in 1999, the Silicon Valley Astronomy Lectures are presented on six Wednesday evenings during each school year at Foothill College, in the heart of California's Silicon Valley. Speakers include a wide range of noted scientists, explaining astronomical developments in everyday language. The series is organized and moderated by Foothill's astronomy instructor emeritus Andrew Fraknoi and jointly sponsored by the Foothill College Physical Science, Math, and Engineering Division, the SETI Institute, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and the University of California Observatories (including the Lick Observatory.)
Language:
English
Format:
Podcast

Episodes1 - 10 of 45 episodes

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The Allure of the Multiverse (with Dr. Paul Halpern)

Apr. 17, 2024In this talk, physicist and popular author Paul Halpern (St. Joseph's Coll...

76 minutes
Apr 23, 2024

The Black Hole Wars: My Battle with Stephen Hawking

With Dr. Leonard Susskind (Stanford University)Black holes, the collapsed remnants of t...

94 minutes
Apr 15, 2024

Black Holes and the Technology to Find Them

A Non-technical Talk by Dr. Jessica Lu (University of California, Berkeley) on March 13...

62 minutes
Apr 10, 2024

Exploring the Gravitational Wave Universe

Speaker: Dr. Brian Lantz (Stanford University)Feb. 7, 2024Measuring gravitational waves...

69 minutes
Feb 20, 2024

Water Above, Water Below: The Many Roles of Water in Making Planets Habitable

Dr. Laura Schaefer (Stanford University):Water is everywhere. Its atoms, hydrogen and o...

74 minutes
Dec 04, 2023

The Peril and Profit of Near-Earth Objects

A Talk by Dr. Robert Jedicke (U of Hawaii)Oct. 11, 2023Near-Earth objects present both ...

70 minutes
Oct 29, 2023

SPECIAL: An Interview with Frank Drake (conducted by Andrew Fraknoi)

June 2012Frank Drake (1930-2022) was known as the "father of SETI science" -- he was th...

44 minutes
Jul 17, 2023

Ashes to Ashes, Earth to Earth, Dust to Dust: The Birth and Death of Worlds

with Dr. Eugene Chiang (University of California, Berkeley)June 21, 2023We now know tha...

65 minutes
Jul 13, 2023

An Eclipse Double-Header: Two North American Eclipses of the Sun in 2023 & 2024 (with Andrew Fraknoi)

North America will be treated to two eclipses of the Sun in the 2023-24 school year: an...

62 minutes
May 17, 2023

The First Results from the James Webb Space Telescope (with Dr. Alex Filippenko)

Dr. Alex Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley)Mar. 8, 2023We have a new super...

89 minutes
Mar 12, 2023