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- SMP 4/22/06 | Applied Evolution: Domestication, Disease, Crime & Culture | Speaker: David Mindell
- SMP 4/8/06 | Evolutionary Guide to the Tree of Life | Speaker: David Mindell
- SMP 4/1/06 | Evolution of Robotics | Speaker: Peter Swanson
- SMP 3/25/06 | Mars and the Evolution of Thought | Speaker: Eric Rabkin
- SMP 3/18/06 | Scientific Uncertainty and Public Policy: Moving On Without All the Answers | Speaker: Henry Pollack
- SMP 3/11/06 | How Old: The Physics of Dating Artifacts | Speaker: Fred Becchetti
- SMP 2/18/06 | Natural Selection & the Regulation of Defense Responses: How Much Suffering is Enough? | Speaker: Randolph Nesse
- SMP 2/11/06 | Genomes and Evolution | Speaker: George Zhang
- SMP 2/4/06 | Evolution of Infectious Diseases: from Host-Parasite Arms Races to Superbugs | Speaker: Johannes Foufopoulos
- SMP 1/28/06 | Nanomedicine – A New Frontier for Physics | Speaker: Jens-Christian Meiners
- SMP 1/21/06 | Evolution: The Fossil Record and the Origin of Whales | Speaker: Philip Gingerich
- SMP 12/21/02 | Peering into the Earth: From Earthquakes to Diamonds | Speaker: Wendy Panero
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- Seminars & Colloquia
Saturday, March 11, 2006
12:00 AM
170 & 182 Dennison Building
Speaker: Fred Becchetti (U-M Physics)
Documenting the course of evolution depends on the accurate dating and sequencing of ancient artifacts. Physics has provided some of the primary techniques for doing this, in particular radioactive dating such as C14 dating. The basic techniques and some of the recent developments in this field will be reviewed together with some of the implications.Detailed Information
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
Contact Information
For more information regarding the Saturday Morning Physics series, see the Physics Department website, or call 734.764.4437