Topics in Modern Physics, Series #5, continues our seminars focusing on intriguing scientific topics of group interest, with ample time for discussion. Everyone is welcome! All can enjoy these events, including those who didn’t participate in prior seminars. As before, all sessions are recorded and included in your subscription. Try before you buy! Here is the recording of the final seminar from Topics in Physics, Series #1: Our Special Planet & Universe. 6 Seminar Schedule: Dates: Tuesdays Aug 24 to Oct 26 Time: 10:00am Pacific Time for 90 mins Subscription: $30 for 6 seminars Subscribe by clicking here Note that the Seminars are every other Tues, except Sept 14, which will be 1 week after the previous one on Sept 7. Topics are subject to change, depending on group interest and major scientific developments. Modern Physics Series #5 topics include: Aug 24, 2021: The 10 “Most Beautiful” Science Experiments A science historian’s list of the most elegant, simplest, and most important experiments of all time. Sep 7: Black Holes 201: Supermassive, Active Galactic Nuclei & more Advanced black hole topics include rotating BHs, Supermassive BHs, Quasars, Active Galactic Nuclei, orbits around BHs, Hawking Radiation, EHT image, and more. Sep 14: Alternatives Cosmologies The standard model of cosmology has issues that invite alternative ideas. Sep 2: Gravitational Wave — Results to Date All we have discovered so far about gravitational waves. Oct 12: Atomic Electron Orbits Understanding Atoms was perhaps the greatest accomplishment of 20th Century physics. We explore the key discoveries and how that opened many other fields of science and technology. Oct 26: A 60-Billion-Mile Telescope The drive for the ultimate telescope focuses on location, location, location. Best Wishes, Robert |