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Marking Einstein’s Annus Mirabilis
SummaryThe Year of Physics celebrates the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s annus mirabilis of 1905 — the year he published three landmark papers (each in a different area of physics) that changed the course of physics forever, and radically altered human conceptions of reality.
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Biological Physics
SummaryHow Do Physics and Biology Go Together?
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How Is Birdsong Like a Tennis Serve?
SummaryHow the young bird learns song appears to bear a striking resemblance not only to how a human baby learns speech, but also to how general goal-directed behaviors involving fine muscle control are learned.
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Biological Physics Enters Permanent Ranks at KITP
SummaryWith Shraiman’s Appointment, Biological Physics Enters Permanent Ranks at KITP
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Point of View: Physicists and Biologists Watch Fruitfly Movie
SummaryAn English literature professor remarked to his graduate students in a class on 20th century American novelists, “Point of view is everything in fiction.”
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Understanding the Brain
SummaryThe Ultimate Interdisciplinary Rendezvous?
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World’s Top Theoretical Physicists Converge to Consider ‘Future of Physics’
SummaryCelebrating 25 Years of Santa Barbara as a Theoretical Physics Center
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Eminent Biologist Embraces Physics
SummaryArnold Levine, a molecular biologist, and an authority on the molecular basis of cancer, gave one of the KITP 2005 Public Lectures on “Genetic Predispositions for Cancer in Humans.”
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