Feb. 28, 1999 - Mar. 6, 1999
THE BOSTON AREA PHYSICS CALENDAR

The Boston Area Physics Calendar is published weekly during the academic 
year by the Department of Physics at Boston College.  You may send your 
announcements by e-mail (bapc@bc.edu) or FAX (617-552-8478).  We cannot 
accept announcements by telephone.  Entries should reach us no later than 
11:00 a.m. on the Monday of the week preceding the week of the event.  
ENTRIES RECEIVED AFTER THE DEADLINE WILL NOT BE PUBLISHED.
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Monday, March 1, 1999

Monday, March 1, 1999, 4:15 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear and Particle Physics Colloquium
Kolker Room, 26-414
"How Strange Is the Shape of the Proton?"
Paul Souder
Syracuse University
Refreshments will be served at 4:00 p.m.

Monday, March 1, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Brown University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Barus & Holley, Room 168
"Neutrinos"
Dr. Boris Kayser
NSF
Refreshments served at 4:00.

Monday, March 1, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics:  Colloquium
Jefferson 250
"Biology and the Flow of Molecular Information"
Professor Albert Libchaber
Rockefeller University
Tea at 4:00 p.m. in Jefferson 450.
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Tuesday, March 2, 1999

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Modern Optics and Spectroscopy Seminar
Marlar Lounge (37-252), McNair Building
"Raman Spectroscopy as a Probe of the Remarkable Properties of 
Carbon Nanotubes"
Mildred Dresselhaus
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Refreshments served following the seminar.

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics:  Lecture I
Jefferson 250
"DNA Mode d'Emploi:  Reading, Editing, Translating"
Professor Albert Libchaber
Rockefeller University

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
LNS Special Seminar
Kolker Room, 26-414
"Correlations, Fluctuations and Equilibrium in High Energy Nuclear 
Collisions"
Gunther Roland
University of Frankfurt

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Physics Department Colloquium
SCI 107, Metcalf Science Center (590 Comm. Ave.)
TBA
Professor E. Fredkin
University of Illinois

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Northeastern University
CIRCS Seminar
Dana Research Center, Room 114
"The Accumbens Dopamine Hypothesis of Reward:  
Trouble in River City" (tentative)
Professor James R. Stellar
Northeastern University
Refreshments at 3:45 p.m.

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Theory Seminar
MIT-CTP, Bldg. 6, Third floor Seminar Room
"Semiclassical Interpretation of Shell Effects in Finite Fermion Systems"
Matthias Brack
University of Regensburg

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Brandeis University
Martin Weiner Lecture Series, Physics Colloquium
Physics Building, Abelson 131
"Exact Results in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems:  Carbon Nanotubes 
to Two-Leg CuO Ladders"
Dr. Robert Konik
University of California, Santa Barbara
Refreshments in Room 333 at 3:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 2, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Harvard-M.I.T. Mathematical Physics Seminar
Room 507, Science Center
"Quantum Symmetry in Differential Geometry"
Professor Henri Moscovici
Ohio State University
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Wednesday, March 3, 1999

Wednesday, March 3, 1999, 4:30 p.m.
Harvard University/Center for Astrophysics
Joint Atomic Physics Seminar
Jefferson 356
"Quantum Cryptography"
Dr. Richard Hughes
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Tea will be served at 4:00.
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Thursday, March 4, 1999

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 1:30 p.m.
Harvard University
Materials Science Seminar
Turnbull Room, Gordon McKay Lab. (Room 402)
"A Tutorial on Strain Gradient"
Professor John W. Hutchinson
Harvard University

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Morris Loeb Lectures in Physics:  Lecture II
Jefferson 250
"The One Molecule Approach:  Optical Tweezer and Fluorescence Marker"
Professor Albert Libchaber
Rockefeller University

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 3:45 p.m.
Boston University
Space Physics Seminar
CAS Building, Room 500
"An Early Autumn Chill, in Uranus' Upper Atmosphere"
Dr. Leslie Young
Boston University

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Scientific Colloquium
60 Garden Street (Phillips Auditorium)
"SCUBA - A Revolution in Submillimetre Astronomy"
Dr. Ian Robson
Joint Astronomy Centre, Hilo, Hawaii
Tea at 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Duality Seminar
Jefferson 453
"Closed Strings from Planar Diagrams"
Dr. Herman Verlinde
Princeton University

Thursday, March 4, 1999, 4:00 p.m.
Clark University
Department of Physics Colloquium
Sackler Science Center, Room N-105
"Computational Complexity and Quantum Computing"
Professor Fred Green
Clark University
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Friday, March 5, 1999

Friday, March 5, 1999, 3:00 p.m.
Harvard University
Joint Seminar for the History of 20th Century Science
Science Center 226
"The Road to the Neutrino:  A HOPEless Trip"
Professor Allen Franklin
University of Colorado and Dibner Institute

Friday, March 5, 1999, 3:30 p.m.
Tufts University
Physics and Astronomy Colloquium
Science and Technology Center, Room 136
"Science or Nonsense?  What Children Teach Us About How We 
Learn Science"
Dr. Matt Schneps
Harvard University
Refreshments before talk.
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Reminder:
Deadline for the Mar. 7 - Mar. 13 calendar
is Monday, March 1, 1999 at 11:00 a.m.
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Joan Drane
joan.drane@bc.edu
Boston College