Stevens’ professors to hold relativity teach-in and science party
“What’s So Special about Relativity?” will address Einstein’s theories
HOBOKEN , N.J. — Have you ever wondered why E equals mc squared? And, if “everything is relative,” why does anything matter? To tackle these and other questions, professors from Stevens Institute of Technology will host “What’s So Special about Relativity?” a teach-in and science party in the Wesley J. Howe Center ’s Bissinger Room on October 11 at 7pm .
Join Professors Ed Whittaker, Garry Dobbins, John Horgan and Jim McClellan to see amazing demonstrations including a juggling act, participate in an exciting discussion, enjoy dessert and find out why what happened in a small apartment in Bern, Switzerland in 1905 changed the world and is still important to our lives today.
For more information, please contact Whittaker at 201-216-5707 or ewhittak@stevens.edu.
What: What’s So Special about Relativity?, a teach-in and science party.
When: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 , 7:00 p.m.
Where: Stevens’ Bissinger Room, 4th Floor of the Wesley J. Howe Center .
About Stevens Institute of Technology
Founded in 1870, Stevens Institute of Technology is one of the leading technological universities in the world dedicated to learning and research. Through its broad-based curricula, nurturing of creative inventiveness, and cross disciplinary research, the Institute is at the forefront of global challenges in engineering, science, and technology management. Partnerships and collaboration between, and among, business, industry, government and other universities contribute to the enriched environment of the Institute. A new model for technology commercialization in academe, known as Technogenesis®, involves external partners in launching business enterprises to create broad opportunities and shared value.
Stevens offers baccalaureates, master’s and doctoral degrees in engineering, science, computer science and management, in addition to a baccalaureate degree in the humanities and liberal arts, and in business and technology. The university has a total enrollment of 2,150 undergraduate and 3,500 graduate students, with about 250 full-time faculty. Stevens’ graduate programs have attracted international participation from China, India, Southeast Asia, Europe and Latin America. Additional information may be obtained from its web page at www.stevens.edu.
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