Cafe Sci Orlando announcements for 2012-09: A Theory of Everything

[Chad MILLER]

Contents:
* Topic, "The Quest for a Theory of Everything"
* January Cafe is one week later


Topic, "The Quest for a Theory of Everything"

Hi. This month we will have a fascinating discussion at our Cafe Sci at
7PM on Wednesday 5 September, at Taste, in College Park.

Dr Costas Efthimiou will explain the basic ideas that have led to our
desire and hope that a unique theory describing everything in our
universe can be found. He'll will review the current state of affairs
(including the latest discovery announced by CERN on July 4, 2012) and
present a proposed theory for which the majority of the experts
consider so far as the only viable candidate for being the Theory of
Everything.

Costas Efthimiou obtained his BSc from the University of Athens and his
PhD from Cornell University. After this, he spent an additional year at
Cornell as a Lecturer teaching physics courses. He then accepted a
research associate position at Tel Aviv University where he stayed for
two years. He returned to US as a Visiting Scientist at the Math
Department of Harvard University. He continued with a Visiting
Scientist appointment at Cornell and Columbia Universities. In August
2000, he joined the Physics Department of UCF. Costas Efthimiou's
background is mathematical physics and theoretical high energy physics
but he has also been involved in physics education and the promotion of
science literacy and quantitative fluency.

Directions

Taste
717 W. Smith Street
Orlando, United States
32804

Taste is near the corner of Princeton Street (really Smith Street after
the fork) and Edgewater Drive, so about 2 minutes from I-4 to parking.
One can park on the street or in the parking lot behind Taste.
* From Downtown and south, drive north ("east") on I-4 through
downtown. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and turn
left/west.
* From Altamonte Springs and north, drive south ("west") on I-4
toward downtown Orlando. At the exit for Princeton Street, exit and
turn right/west.

From I-4, drive a few blocks to Edgewater Drive. At the intersection,
you should see a orange building ahead of you, labeled "Taste". Park on
the street or behind Taste.


January 2013 Cafe is one week later

Though we have cafes on the same day of the month for several years,
the first Wednesday of January 2013 is the day after New Year's Day,
and we will instead meet a week later, on January 9.