Speaker: N. David Mermin
Einstein's real complaint about the quantum theory was not that it required God to play dice, but that it failed to "represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance." I shall use the rhetorical device of a computer-simulated lecture demonstration (a cartoon version of recent experiments in Vienna) to explain both the appeal of Einstein's criticism and the remarkable act that the "reality" he insisted upon is nevertheless unattainable.
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Castleton Festival Opera resident director William Kerley talks about
Benjamin Britten's "Rape of Lucretia" and "Albert Herring". Cal
Performances presents the West Coast debut of conductor Lorin Maazel's
opera company in these two fully-staged chamber operas March 24-27, 2011,
at Zellerbach Hall.
Realizing the Vision of a High Speed Rail System in California
"A Futures Vision of HSR and Smart Growth"
Peter Calthrope
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Advancing Integrative Psychological Research on Adaptive and Healthy Aging
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
* Bob Levenson, IPSR, UC Berkeley - Introduction and framing the questions
* Lis Nielsen, NIA - NIA interests
* Richard Suzman, NIA - NIA vision
Session 1 - Fundamental Social and Affective Processes in Aging
Framing Talk
* Laura Carstensen, Stanford - Why isn't aging depressing?
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