For those of you who live in or around Berkshire County, Massachusetts, or know people who do…
Starting next week I’ll be giving two free lectures about the LIGO experiment’s discovery of gravitational waves. The lectures will be at 1:30 pm on Mondays June 20 and 27, at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. The first lecture will focus on why gravitational waves were expected by scientists, and the second will be on how gravitational waves were discovered, indirectly and then directly. No math or science background will be assumed. (These lectures will be similar in style to the ones I gave a couple of years ago concerning the Higgs boson discovery.)
Here’s a flyer with the details: http://berkshireolli.org/ProfessorMattStrasslerOLLILecturesFlyer.pdf
Of Particular Significance 