All Wonderfest events are free, open to the public, and do not require registration.
SATURDAY, NOV. 6; Hewlett Teaching Center, Stanford University
1:00pm DOES 10,000 HOURS OF VIDEOGAMING HAVE SIDE EFFECTS?
Jane McGonigal, Director of Game Research, Institute for the Future
Philip Zimbardo, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Stanford
2:45pm IS MATHEMATICS MORE ART THAN SCIENCE?
Keith Devlin, Executive Director of H-STAR Institute, Stanford
Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Physics, San Jose State University
4:00-7:00pm AMATEUR SCIENCE FORUM -- Groups & individuals share their explorations
4:30pm SCIENCE LAUGHS -- Norm Goldblatt
5:00pm NEUROMAGIC -- Luigi Anzivino
5:30pm BECHTEL WONDERCUP CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP -- Top high school science teams square off
8:00pm WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY MAKE INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY OBSOLETE?
Paul Berg, Nobel Laureate & Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford
Richard Zare, Priestley Medalist & Chemistry Department Chair, Stanford
Also: Presentation of the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization to:
DONALD KENNEDY, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, Stanford
Official Website: http://www.wonderfest.org
Added by FullCalendar on October 19, 2010