CCAPP public lecture this Sunday

[John Beacom]

Hi all,

We have a public lecture event that may interest you.  It is free, open to all,
aimed at general audiences, and includes a reception with nice food and coffee.

   Sunday 9 December, Science Sundays Lecture Series
   lecture 3-4pm, reception 4-5pm at the Ohio Union (see the poster below)

   Jennifer Ouellette (author, journalist, blogger)
   "Ready for Their Closeup: Scientists Go Hollywood"
   A light-hearted look at the good, the bad and the ugly when it comes to how physics and physicists have been portrayed over the years on film and television.

   For details, please see http://artsandsciences.osu.edu/upcoming-talks-2012-13.


http://www.jenniferouellette-writes.com/

Jennifer Ouellette is the author of four popular science books for the general public: the forthcoming Me, Myself, and Why: Searching for the Science of Self (2013); The Calculus Diaries: How Math Can Help You Lose Weight, Win in Vegas, and Survive a Zombie Apocalypse (2010); The Physics of the Buffyverse (2007); and Black Bodies and Quantum Cats: Tales from the Annals of Physics (2006). She also edited The Best Online Science Writing 2012 (Scientific American Books, 2012). 
Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Discover, Slate, Salon, Mental Floss, Nature, Physics Today, Symmetry, Physics World, and New Scientist, among other venues. She maintains a  blog called Cocktail Party Physics at Scientific American and covers space science for Discovery News. She is also a contributor to Download the Universe, a site devoted to reviewing the brave new world of science-related e-books.

From November 2008 to October 2010, she was the founding director of the Science and Entertainment Exchange, a Los Angeles-based initiative of the National Academy of Sciences aimed at fostering creative collaborations between scientists and entertainment industry professionals. Ouellette holds a black belt in jujitsu, and lives in Los Angeles, California, with her husband, Caltech physicist Sean (M.) Carroll.

Best regards,
John Beacom




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John Beacom
Professor and Director of CCAPP (http://ccapp.osu.edu)
Department of Physics and Department of Astronomy
Ohio State University
email: beacom.7 at osu.edu, phone: (614) 247 - 8102
Dept. of Physics, OSU, 191 W. Woodruff Ave., Columbus, OH 43210
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