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Articles curated from our KITP Newsletters archive, please click the article's title or image to read the featured story.

Opposing the Tribal Tendency

An excerpt of KITP’s 71st Public Lecture, entitled “Chaos, Black Holes and Quantum Mechanics” presented by Stanford University’s Richard Herschel Weiland Professor of Physics and former KITP Postdoctoral Scholar, Stephen Shenker.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

Open Knowledge

“Unofficial scholar” Bill Paxton makes astro-computing accessible to all
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

All One Field

Dr. Muthiyaliah and Rani Babu support KITP’s postdoctoral scholars
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

Game Theory

The Duval family ignites scientists’ imaginations.
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

Such Great Heights

Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree encourages young physicists to take flight
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

From Earth to the Stars

NASA engineer and Finance entrepreneur David Brown has big dreams for KITP
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KITP 2020 Impact Report

An Artistic Dimension

KITP’s longtime artist in residence complements scientific inquiry with artistic creativity.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

A* Model

Physicists' innovative model provides insight into the behavior of the black hole at the center of our galaxy.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020