A full-scale model of the next Mars Rover - the Curiosity - made it's Canadian debut at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON. www.q2cfestival.com
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Watch the full talk at: www.q2cfestival.com Wilson da Silva, Raymond Laflamme, Neil Turok and Ivan Semeniuk review our quest to interpret the world over the 10 day Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival at Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at www.q2cfestival.com Like prisoners in Platos Cave, we are limited about how much we can know about reality. Rob Spekkens enlightens us about Quantum Foundations at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at www.q2cfestival.com Fotini Markopoulou tells us that our best theories ulimately fail. How is quantum graviity different? Find out in this talk from Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at: www.q2cfestival.com Where does technology come from? Physics! Exploring basic mysteries such as "What is light?", "How can atoms exist?", and "What is space and time?" led to computers, wireless communication, mp3 players, lasers, medical imaging - indeed, virtually every "high tech" device on the planet. Join us in a celebration of the immense power of theoretical physics to transform our world for the betterment of humanity, and learn how current theoretical ...
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Watch the full talk at www.q2cfestival.com It has taken thousands of generations and countless migrations to explore our own small planet. Now, in less than one lifetime, our robot surrogates have ventured to nearly every significant object in the solar system. Vast new territories and landscapes have opened up before our eyes. The experience has transformed the way we understand our species and its place in the universe. It may yet uncover alien life. Join scientists in a discussion of what ...
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Watch the full talk at www.q2cfestival.com Stewart Brand explores climate change, urbanization, and biotechnology and raises the question - where do we go next? Find out what he thinks, from Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at www.q2cfestival.com Craig Kaplan explores 2d patterns, origami, symmetrical scupltures and why we like them at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at: www.q2cfestival.com Damian Pope tells us just how small quantum gets and why it matters at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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Watch the full talk at: www.q2cfestival.com Larry Abbott, neuroscientist, tells us how we make sense of the world around us at Perimeter Institute's Quantum to Cosmos: Ideas for the Future Festival in Waterloo, ON.
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