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THE SQUARE KILOMETRE ARRAY: SEARCHING FOR THE ORIGINS OF THE UNIVERSE
As the process for the allocation of a preferred site to host the
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope reaches its conclusion,
Origins Centre brings you a talk on the subject, titled ‘The Square
Kilometre Array: Searching for the Origins of the Universe’. Our
speaker is Dr Adrian Tiplady, currently he SKA Site Bid Manager,
driving South Africa's bid to host the telescope.
The SKA Project is mankind's quest to build the largest, and most
sensitive, radio telescope in history. This next-generation scientific
facility will probe the very beginnings of the universe to answer the
most fundamental questions facing science today: What is Dark Matter?
What is Dark Energy? What are the laws of nature, and how did they
guide the evolution of the first stars and galaxies? Are we alone?
South Africa, along with eight other African countries, is leading the
race to host this giant facility as well as in the development of
scientific understanding and technological innovation. This talk will
look at all aspects of this international project - from what we will
discover in the future, to what we have already put on the ground in
preparation of hosting the SKA.
Dr. Adrian Tiplady completed his PhD at Rhodes University, and joined
the South African SKA Project in 2005. In 2011, he was named as one
of Mail & Guardian's ‘200 Young South Africans to have Lunch With’.
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff
Bookings essential: a...@origins.org.za
Please e-mail your request for seats to a...@origins.org.za. If you are
a Wits student or staff member, please include your student or staff
number. We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which can be paid by
eft or at the Origins Shop.
THE ADORNED NECK
On Saturday May 5 fine artist Severa Rech Cassarino will present a
talk at Origins Centre called ‘The Adorned Neck’. Severa produces a
superbly crafted range of jewellery called JuJuReál, sold in the
Origins Shop. Her talk will involve a light look at the necklace, its
branched origins through various cultures, and its multiple
incarnations through materials and times that change. Join us for tea
and cake, and take this opportunity to purchase items from the JuJu
Art range at a 20% reduction.
Severa describes her jewellery in this descriptive way: “Each
JujuReál piece is a small design adventure. The components could be
from a craft-store, an individual supplier, a friend’s or my own
travels, or an obscure antique shop relinquishing a delicious bit of
the past. But it is the alchemy of actually putting things together in
a particular harmony which creates the magic.”
Date: 5 May 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 10h00 for 10h30
No charge, but please book by e-mailing a...@origins.org.za or call 011
717 4700.
REMINDER: Tomorrow evening (April 17) Gavin Selfe and Roger Ellis talk
on the ‘Discovery of a new and pristine cave system, NW Botswana’.
The talk is co-hosted with the Geological Society of South Africa.
18h00 for 18h30. R45/R35 Wits staff and students and GSSA members.
To book: a...@origins.org.za/tel 011 717 4700
As the process for the allocation of a preferred site to host the
Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope reaches its conclusion,
Origins Centre brings you a talk on the subject, titled ‘The Square
Kilometre Array: Searching for the Origins of the Universe’. Our
speaker is Dr Adrian Tiplady, currently he SKA Site Bid Manager,
driving South Africa's bid to host the telescope.
The SKA Project is mankind's quest to build the largest, and most
sensitive, radio telescope in history. This next-generation scientific
facility will probe the very beginnings of the universe to answer the
most fundamental questions facing science today: What is Dark Matter?
What is Dark Energy? What are the laws of nature, and how did they
guide the evolution of the first stars and galaxies? Are we alone?
South Africa, along with eight other African countries, is leading the
race to host this giant facility as well as in the development of
scientific understanding and technological innovation. This talk will
look at all aspects of this international project - from what we will
discover in the future, to what we have already put on the ground in
preparation of hosting the SKA.
Dr. Adrian Tiplady completed his PhD at Rhodes University, and joined
the South African SKA Project in 2005. In 2011, he was named as one
of Mail & Guardian's ‘200 Young South Africans to have Lunch With’.
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 18h00 for 18h30
Cost: R45/R35 Wits students and staff
Bookings essential: a...@origins.org.za
Please e-mail your request for seats to a...@origins.org.za. If you are
a Wits student or staff member, please include your student or staff
number. We will then e-mail an invoice to you, which can be paid by
eft or at the Origins Shop.
THE ADORNED NECK
On Saturday May 5 fine artist Severa Rech Cassarino will present a
talk at Origins Centre called ‘The Adorned Neck’. Severa produces a
superbly crafted range of jewellery called JuJuReál, sold in the
Origins Shop. Her talk will involve a light look at the necklace, its
branched origins through various cultures, and its multiple
incarnations through materials and times that change. Join us for tea
and cake, and take this opportunity to purchase items from the JuJu
Art range at a 20% reduction.
Severa describes her jewellery in this descriptive way: “Each
JujuReál piece is a small design adventure. The components could be
from a craft-store, an individual supplier, a friend’s or my own
travels, or an obscure antique shop relinquishing a delicious bit of
the past. But it is the alchemy of actually putting things together in
a particular harmony which creates the magic.”
Date: 5 May 2012
Venue: Origins Centre
Time: 10h00 for 10h30
No charge, but please book by e-mailing a...@origins.org.za or call 011
717 4700.
REMINDER: Tomorrow evening (April 17) Gavin Selfe and Roger Ellis talk
on the ‘Discovery of a new and pristine cave system, NW Botswana’.
The talk is co-hosted with the Geological Society of South Africa.
18h00 for 18h30. R45/R35 Wits staff and students and GSSA members.
To book: a...@origins.org.za/tel 011 717 4700
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