| YEAR |
SPEAKER |
TITLE OF LECTURE |
INSTITUTION |
HONORS/ACHIEVEMENTS |
| 2007 |
Prof. Moses Chan |
"Einstein's Legacy in Low Temperature Physics: Superfluids and Supersolids" |
Pennsylvania State University |
Member, National Academy of Sciences &
recepient of the Fritz London Prize |
| 2006 |
Prof. Douglas D. Osheroff |
"How Advances in Science Are Made?" |
Stanford University |
1996 Nobel Laureate in Physics |
| 1998 |
Prof. John Bahcall |
"What Have We Learned About Solar Neutrinos?" |
Institute for Advanced Studies,
Princeton, New Jersey |
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1997 |
Edward C. Stone, Jr. |
"Mars and the Search for Life Elsewhere" |
Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology |
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1996 |
Prof. Kip Thorne |
"Space-Time Warps and the Quantum: A Glimpse of the Future" |
Feymann Professor of Theoretical Physics,
California Institute of Technology |
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1996 |
Prof. Mildred Dresselhaus |
"What is so Exciting about Fullerenes and Carbon Nanotubes?" |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
1990 National Metal of Science |
| 1995 |
Prof. Marlan O. Scully |
"The Weird and Wonderful World of the Microcosmos" |
Texas A&M University and
Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik |
Member, National Academy of Sciences &
1998 Charles H. Townes Award from the Optical
Society of America |
| 1994 |
Prof. Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. |
"A Layman's Guide to Binary Pulsars and Relativistic Gravity" |
Princeton University |
1993 Nobel Laureate in Physics &
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1992 |
Prof. Philip Anderson |
"Is the National Funding System for Science and Technology Rational
-- Does it Work?" |
Princeton University |
1977 Nobel Laureate in Physics |
| 1992 |
Prof. R. E. Smalley |
"C60 (Buckey Balls) and the Emerging Carbon-Based Nano Technology" |
Rice University |
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1990 |
Prof. Arthur L. Schawlow |
"Lasers and Their Uses" |
Stanford University |
1981 Nobel Laureate in Physics |
| 1989 |
Prof. Maarten Schmidt |
"Quasars as Beacons in the Universe" |
California Institute of Technology |
Member, National Academy of Sciences |
| 1987 |
Prof. William A. Fowler |
"The Quest for the Origin of the Elements" |
California Institute of Technology |
1983 Nobel Laureate in Physics |
| 1986 |
Prof. Edward M. Purcell |
"Life in a Magnetic Field" |
Harvard University |
1952 Nobel Laureate in Physics |
