SF LASER

SF LASER

March 12, 6:45pm

University of San Fransisco

2130 Fulton Street

* Composer and neuroscientist Indre Viskontas will explore how music engages the brain and why it continues to be a worldwide addiction

* Rebecca Kamen of Northern Virginia Community College will discuss the notion of scientist as artist and artist as scientist, highlighting historic images from prestigious library collections.

* Shamit Kachru, a Physicist at Stanford Unviersity, will discuss how extra dimensions of space dimensions may help to explain some of the puzzles of modern physics.

* Performance artist Scott Kildall will explain how he plans to beam Twitter messages from participants worldwide to Gliese 581d - an exoplanet 20 light years away that can support extraterrestrial life.

Audience members are also invited to share their current projects. For more information, click here.