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Lawrence Krauss

Foundation Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the Physics Dept, Co-Director of the Cosmology Initiative, and Inaugural Director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University.

Lawrence Krauss is a theoretical physicist with a research background in Astrophysics, Cosmology and particle physics

A few of Lawrence Krauss’ scientific articles

A columnist for New Scientist...

A commentator for Nature Physics…

A Scientific American Columnist…

and an editorialist …-taking science debate to the newspapers

and an editorialist …-taking science debate to the newspapers

Lawrence Krauss: The awards

Awarded the American Association for the Advancement of Science's 1999-2000 Award for the Public Understanding of Science and Technology

Lawrence Krauss: The awards

In 2001 he was awarded the Julius Edgar Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society .

"For outstanding contributions to the understanding of the early universe, and extraordinary achievement in communicating the essence of physical science to the general public"

Lawrence Krauss: The awards

In 2001 the American Institute of Physics awarded Krauss the Andrew Gemant Award

"a person who has made significant contributions to the cultural, artistic, or humanistic dimensions of physics"

Lawrence Krauss: The awards

In 2003 he was granted The Oersted Medal, the highest award of the American Association of Physics Teachers

Lawrence Krauss: The awards

In 2005 he was also awarded the Joseph P. Burton Forum Award from the American Physical Society

Lawrence Krauss: Author of bestselling and award winning books

Lawrence Krauss: Author of bestselling and award winning books

He was awarded the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award in 2002 for his book ”Atom”.

Lawrence Krauss: Author of bestselling and award winning books

Lawrence Krauss: Author of bestselling and award winning books

His latest book is a scientific biography of the eccentric and brilliant physicist Richard Feynman

Lawrence Krauss and skating and diving: Krauss went to college at Carleton University in Ottawa, where he studied history and skated to class along the world's longest public skating canal, Rideau Canal

Lawrence Krauss and music

The first complete public performance was given in London on 15 November 1920, with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Albert Coates.

The real world, as it actually is,

Is not evil, it’s remarkable

And the way to understand the physical world

is to use science

The initiative to this event is by professor Svein SjøbergProfessor, Department of Teacher Education and School Research, Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo

Social, cultural and ethical aspects of science education, science education and development, gender and science education in developing countries. Critical approach to issues of scientific literacy and public understanding of science.

Organizer of two comparative projects on pupils' interests, attitudes etc. of importance to science teaching and learning: SAS (Science And Scientists) and ROSE (The Relevance of Science Education. Leader of the newly established research group KRIM (Gender/Kjønn, Recruitment, Interest and Motivation) in Science education.

The talk is presented by Camilla Serck-Hanssen

Professor of Philosophy at the Department of Philosophy,Classics, History of Art and Ideas, University of Oslo

Research interests are, among others, 17th to 19th century history of philosophy, with an emphasis on German Idealism and Kant.

She is head of “Seminaret i vitenskapsteori” and a member of PFU –a committee handling ethical complaints against the Norwegian press.

The new Science Library(Realfagsbiblioteket) in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus and ”Science Debate” in Norway, in cooperation with Fritt Ord

Marcus du SautoyandThe Public

Understanding of

Science

About symmetry

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus fall 2010:

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus, fall 2010:

Bill Bryson:

A short story of nearly

everything

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus, fall 2010:

Bioinformatics Users Forum 201012. November in Vilhelm Bjerknes’hus

MLSUiO

Det Nye Realfagsbiblioteket i Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus og Science debate i Norge i samarbeid med Fritt Ord

Center for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (CMBN) Bioinformatics Group og deres samarbeidsprosjekter, om kjernefasilitetet for bioinformatikk, om EMBnet Norway, om PubGene og mye annet på Bioinformatics User Forum 2010.

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus, fall 2010:

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus, fall 2010:

Kjør debatt ledet av Kåre Verpe

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus, fall 2010:

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ hus , fall 2010:

Ill.: Harry Campbell/ieee spectrum

Syntetisk biologi -

Skrekkblandet fryd

Debatten…Med Sissel Rogne

Inger Sandlie

Erik Tunstad

about…..

The BioBricks

Foundation and iGEM

(~3,000 species, based on rRNA sequences)

Please cite the source as:David M. Hillis, Derrick Zwickl, and Robin Gutell, University of Texas(see Science, 2003, 300:1692-1697)

Vi er her!

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’

hus, spring 2011:

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’

hus, spring 2011:

Arne B. Sletsjø

Science Debate-

Events in Vilhelm Bjerknes’

hus, fall 2011:

Science Debate: Forthcoming events

October 12th: Nobel laureate Ivar Giæver

November 15th: Gro Amdam, Arizona State University and the University of Life Sciences UMB

November 25th: Stephen Suomi, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Topic: Trauma, Culture & the Brain

VILHELM BJERKNES’ HUSThe new Science Library

(Realfagsbiblioteket)

Get Real

Commitment to Science

for students and employees at

University of Oslo

– et sted å legge grunnlag for ny forskning, fortsette læringen, bli inspirert, møte venner, kollegaer og foreleser.

Who?

The norwegian scientist Vilhelm Bjerknes (1862-1951) is regarded as one of the founders of meteorology.

He was also a prominent scientist in physics and geophysics.

The New Science Library in Vilhelm Bjerknes’ husand

Science debate in Norway- a cooperation with Fritt Ord

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