{"id":716,"date":"2015-06-10T23:23:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2015\/06\/10\/two_great_talks_coming_up_in_hamilton\/"},"modified":"2015-06-10T23:23:45","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T11:23:45","slug":"two-great-talks-coming-up-in-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/physicsstop\/2015\/06\/10\/two-great-talks-coming-up-in-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"Two great talks coming up in Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> As part of the forthcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/confer.co.nz\/nzip2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">NZ Institute of Physics conference<\/a>, and to celebrate the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.light2015.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\">International Year of Light<\/a>, we have arranged two fantastic and very different public talks for the evenings of Sunday 5th and Monday 6th July.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> First up we have Richard Easther, from the University of Auckland. In &quot;Dawn&#039;s Early Light&quot; he&#039;ll be talking about cosmology and the early universe. (Sunday 5th July, 7.30pm, Price Waterhouse Coopers Lecture Theatre, University of Waikato),<\/p>\n<p> Then the following evening Hans Bachor, from the Australian National University will enlighten us (pun intended) on the everyday use of lasers. &quot;Lasers are part of your life.&quot; This will include some exciting laser demonstrations, all done safely. (Monday 6th July, 7:30pm, Concert Chamber, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts, University of Waikato). Note the different venues for the two talks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p> So if you&#039;re local to Hamilton, do come along and see (another pun) cutting-edge physics from those that do it. 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