Geometry and the Universe:
Symposium Program and Media

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Thursday October 20, 2005
Morning Lecture Session: 9:00am - 12:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
Introduction and welcome by the organizers, YITP director George Sterman, and Stony Brook University president Shirley Strum Kenny Download:
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9:00am - 10:00amJürgen EhlersEinstein's path to GR Download:
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10:00am - 11:00amJames HartleThe future of gravity Download:
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11:00am - 11:30ambreak
11:30am - 12:30pmRobert PoundGravitational redshift Download:
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Lunch: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Afternoon Lecture Session: 2:00pm - 5:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
2:00pm - 3:00pmFrancis EverittTesting Einstein with orbiting gyroscopes Download:
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3:00pm - 4:00pmRemo RuffiniEnergy of black holes, dark matter, dark energy Download:
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4:30pm - 5:30pmThibault DamourGeneral relativity, experiment and gravitational waves Download:
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Reception & Dinner: 6:30pm - 10:30pm, Port Jefferson Country Club:
Maurice GoldhaberRemembering Einstein Download:
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Daniel KennefickHistory of Gravity Waves Download:
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Friday October 21, 2005
Morning Lecture Session: 9:00am - 12:30pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
9:00am - 10:00amSean CarrollDark energy, or worse? Download:
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10:00am - 11:00amGary GibbonsSingularity theorems and black holes Download:
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11:00am - 11:30ambreak
11:30am - 12:30pmIrwin ShapiroPast and future GR experiments: Equivalence principle, time delay, black holes Download:
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Lunch: 12:30pm - 2:00pm
Afternoon Lecture Session: 2:00pm - 4:00pm, Math. Phys. Conf. Rm. S-240
2:00pm - 3:00pmErik VerlindeStrings and black holes Download:
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3:00pm - 4:00pmMichael KramerFrom the binary to the double pulsar: Precision tests of general relativity Download:
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General Public Lecture: 4:30pm - 5:30pm, Student Activities Center Auditorium:
John StachelEinstein's odyssey: from special to general relativity Download:
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