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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

Spinning Up a Solution for Spin Liquids

Physicists model an exotic phase of matter in an attempt to solve a decades-old debate.
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Harrison Tasoff, Science Writer, UC Santa Barbara Public Affairs
KITP Newsletter, Fall 2020

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