Submitted by ccameron on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:02am.
Nov 1 2011 - 12:00pm
Nov 30 2011 - 9:02am
Speaker:
Dr. Michael Cavers, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary
Location:
Calgary Place Tower 1 (330 5th Avenue SW), Room 1118
Humankind's fascination with the mathematical constant pi goes well beyond practical need. In fact, even though over five trillion decimal places of pi has been calculated, a mere four decimal places are sufficient for the design of the world's finest engines. During this talk, we'll discuss more interesting facts like this one, a brief history of pi, and world records for memorizing digits of pi (along with techniques you can learn and use yourself to memorize pi)
Submitted by ccameron on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:00am.
Dec 1 2011 - 12:00pm
Speaker:
Dr. Eric Donovan, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Calgary
Location:
Calgary Place Tower 1 (330 5th Avenue SW), Room 1106
The University of Calgary has been an international leader in developing experiments that involve imaging the aurora. At present, UofC has more than 50 instruments deployed across the Canadian Arctic. This network takes images and other measurements of the aurora night after night, creating a remarkably valuable data set. These experiments represent an important Canadian contribution to a number of major international space efforts, including NASA and Canadian Space Agency missions.
