Lectures on Tap - Spaghetti Science: What Pasta Tells Us About The Universe

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📚 Lecture: "Spaghetti Science: What Pasta Tells Us About The Universe"

🎤 Speaker: Particle Physicist, Dr. Joseph Howlett

Join us for a delightful evening with Joseph Howlett as he uncovers the surprising connections between everyone's favorite carbohydrate—pasta—and the universe's deepest secrets. For over a century, physicists have been fascinated by spaghetti, employing it as a tool to explore profound scientific concepts.

In this engaging lecture, Howlett will take us on a journey through the peculiar world of pasta science, revealing how studies of this beloved food have provided insights into everything from undersea cables to the fundamental building blocks of matter. Through a mix of humor and science, he will demonstrate the unexpected ways our everyday lives intersect with the mysteries of the cosmos.

Joseph Howlett is a staff reporter at Scientific American, with contributions to The New York Times, the BBC, and the San Francisco Chronicle, among many others. Prior to his career in journalism, he dedicated a decade to studying particle physics at Columbia and Stanford Universities, focusing on some of the universe’s biggest questions.

Don’t miss this unique and entertaining opportunity to learn how pasta can illuminate the scientific world!

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Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.

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