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William Bialek to give Della Pietra Lectures at the Simons Center

Elyce Winters, Neighbor

Noted Biophysicist, Dr. William Bialek will deliver a series of talks for the Della Pietra Lecture Series at the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University

 General Talks by Dr. William Bialek

 “150 years of Entropy”
Thursday, April 19th
11:00 am
SCGP Lecture Hall, Room 102

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Intended for a general audience, this lecture will give a sense of how the basic idea of entropy has emerged over and over again as scientists have tried to answer very different kinds of questions. 

 “More Perfect Than We Imagined: A Physicist's View of Life"
Friday, April 20th
5:30 pm
SCGP Main Auditorium, Room 103. 

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This talk is intended for a general audience and high school students in particular, Dr. Bialek discusses whether life is just the meaningless record of evolutionary history, or whether there is meaning to be found in the mechanisms of life that we see today.

For more information see the attached posters for details and abstracts or visit http://scgp.stonybrook.edu

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