Content about Science & Technology

Dave Maiullo of Rutgers University brings his ever popular — and very loud — demonstrations of the basic laws of physics back to the library. Part of the Spring Break Discovery Week series. For children 5 and older with an adult.

What Well-Informed People Should Know About Computers

If you have a cell phone, you'll want to come hear Professor Brian Kernighan's presentation and ask him some questions.

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that Dr. Paul J. Steinhardt, Albert Einstein
Professor in Science and Director of the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science, will present a talk entitled
"Inflationary Cosmology on Trial" on Tuesday, February 14, 2012. The lecture will begin at 8:00pm in Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy
Lane on the Princeton University Campus. Admission is free and the public is welcome. Ample free parking is available
across the street from Peyton Hall.

or call 609-924-9529 x220.

Princeton native, Lonni Sue Johnson, whose work appeared in The New Yorker and The New York Times, contracted encephalitis in 2007 and suffered severe amnesia as well as a complete loss of artistic productivity. This fascinating show explores the artistic evolution of her work from her pre-professional career through her astounding "recovery art."

by Prof. Lisa Traynor, Department of Mathematics, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.
 
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. Suzanne Alonzo, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
 
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. Nergis Mavalvala, Dept. of Physics, Massachussetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
 
Science on Saturday series

by Dr. Michael Norman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Ill.
 
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. Gyan Bhanot, Department of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Physics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
Science on Saturday lecture series.

by Prof. Adam Cohen, Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. Udo Schwarz, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Dept. of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. David Goldberg, Department of Physics, Drexel University, Philadelphia
Science on Saturday series

by Prof. Ernest Davis, Computer Science Department, New York University, New York
Science on Saturday series

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that Dr. Gaspar Bakos, Assistant Professor in the Princeton Astrophysical Sciences Department, will present a talk entitled 'Hunting for Transiting Extrasolar Planets' on Tuesday, December 13, 2011.  The lecture will begin at 8:00pm in Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy Lane on the Princeton University Campus.  Admission is free and the public is welcome.  Ample free parking is available across the street from Peyton Hall.

Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium, will discuss the ambitions, achievements and shortcomings of NASA's Apollo space program at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 29, in McCosh Hall, Room 50. The illustrated lecture, "Delusions of Space Enthusiasts," is sponsored by the Princeton University Public Lectures’ Louis Clark Vanuxem Fund and the University's Department of Astrophysical Sciences.

or call 609-924-9529 x220.

Open Sourcing Science is the topic of the salon that features quantum computation pioneer Michael Nielsen as the speaker. $25 includes dessert and a copy of Nielsen’s book “Reinventing Discovery.” Please register by visiting http://tedxsalonopensourcing.eventbrite.com

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that Dr. Ken Kremer, NASA Ambassador, will present a talk entitled: "Atlantis, The End of America's Shuttle Program and What's Beyond for NASA" on Tuesday, November 8, 2011.  The lecture will begin at 8:00pm in Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy Lane on the Princeton University Campus.  Admission is free and the public is welcome.  Ample free parking is available across the street from Peyton Hall.

The Amateur Astronomers Association of Princeton is pleased to announce that physicist Dr. Freeman Dyson will be our featured speaker on Tuesday October 11, 2011.  Dr. Dyson will talk about searching for life in the universe in new ways and in unlikely places.  The lecture will begin at 8:00pm in Peyton Hall, 4 Ivy Lane on the Princeton University Campus.  Admission is free and the public is welcome.  Ample free parking is available across the street from Peyton Hall.

Here's what Princeton Geosciences Professor Tullis Onstott found in the South African mines that inspired Tolkien's mines of Moria. Scary-looking, right?  Until you realize they're only 0.5mm long:

Join Shaun Pall as he explains the world of geocaching, the high-tech, treasure-hunting game played throughout the world. Equipped with a GPS, children and adults can find hidden containers called geocaches and record their finds online. If you have a GPS, please bring it with you.

Community  Room

Tuesday Technology Talk.  John LeMasney, manager for educational technology training and outreach at Princeton University, will explain GIMP software. Gimp is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Community Room

Oria Gonzalez, a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, provides basic training in the use of QuickBooks at this two-and-a-half-hour session. Seating is limited to 8 students in order to be able to provide individualized instruction. Technology Center

Co-sponsored by the library and the Princeton chapter of SCORE.