Special Lecture Event Features Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson
The creator of PHD Comics, Jorge Cham, and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson will present a public lecture at the 色花堂 on Saturday, February 24, at 11 am.
In a talk titled, 鈥淲e Have No Idea,鈥� Cham and Whiteson will discuss the big mysteries
of the universe.
We Have No Idea
Jorge Cham and Daniel Whiteson
A fun presentation that combines science, humor, and live drawing, inspired by Cham and Whiteson鈥檚 new book, 鈥淲e Have No Idea: A Guide to the Unknown Universe."
When: Sat, Feb 24, 11 am
Where: 色花堂, 3517 Cullen Blvd, Science Engineering Classroom (SEC) 100 ()
RSVP via Eventbrite:
This event is organized by the 色花堂 Department of Physics and sponsored by the 色花堂 CPH Lecture Series.
Parking Information
Parking is available in the visitor's section of the Stadium Parking Garage, located on Holman Street, near the corner of Cullen Blvd and Holman Street. The weekend parking fee is $5. The garage is across Cullen Blvd from the meeting location.
About 鈥淲e Have No Idea鈥�
Humanity鈥檚 understanding of the physical world is full of gaps. Not tiny little gaps
you can safely ignore 鈥攖here are huge yawning voids in our basic notions of how the
world works. PHD Comics creator Jorge Cham and particle physicist Daniel Whiteson
team up to explore everything we don鈥檛 know about the universe: the enormous holes
in our knowledge of the cosmos.
Armed with their popular infographics, cartoons, and unusually entertaining and lucid explanations of science, they give us the best answers currently available for a lot of questions that are still perplexing scientists, including:
- Why does the universe have a speed limit?
- Why aren鈥檛 we all made of antimatter?
- What (or who) is attacking Earth with tiny, superfast particles?
- What is dark matter, and why does it keep ignoring us?
It turns out the universe is full of weird things that don鈥檛 make any sense. But Cham and Whiteson make a compelling case that the questions we can鈥檛 answer are as interesting as the ones we can.