Nobel Laureate Leon Lederman Talk to Kick off 2005 APS Division of Fluid Dynamics 58th Annual Meeting Celebrating the World Year of Physics
Science Education's ‘Quiet Crisis’; A Scientist's Engagement, a lecture presented by Leon Lederman, Nobel Laureate and Pritzker Professor of Physics at Illinois Institute of Technology, will highlight the first day of the American Physical Society’s (APS) Division of Fluid Dynamics Annual Meeting. The lecture is open to the public. The annual meeting—celebrating World Year of Physics 2005—runs Sunday, November 20, beginning at 8:00 a.m., until Tuesday, November 22, at 1:30 p.m.
When: Saturday, November 19 at 7:00 p.m.
Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 South Michigan Avenue, International Ballroom South
This year’s scientific program will include three award lectures, eight invited lectures, several mini-symposia, contributed papers, exhibits, and the Gallery of Fluid Motion—a multi-media visual display featuring examples of science creating art. The invited lectures are selected to illustrate the richness of topics, techniques and applications inherent in the study of fluid dynamics. More than 1400 contributed abstracts, divided into 19 concurrent sessions, are anticipated.
The World Year of Physics 2005 is an international celebration of physics that highlights the vitality of physics and its importance in the coming millennium. The celebration also commemorates the pioneering contributions of Albert Einstein in 1905. One goal of the World Year of Physics is to bring the excitement of physics to the public and inspire a new generation of scientists.
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