Bright side of the Covid Crisis: Princeton Plasma Physics Labs "Science on Saturday" now on Zoom!
There's really nothing like attending the lectures live, the donuts - especially the donuts - the fun conversations before and after the talks, but this year's are on Zoom. Not quite the same, but then again, people logged in from all over the world.
These lectures, only a few of which each year are about plasma physics and fusion energy, are purely wonderful; I've been attending them for years. They are hosted by Andrew Zweicker, a physicist at the lab responsible for community outreach who also holds a second job as Democratic Assemblyman in the NJ assembly.
It's fun; it's free; and now everyone can "be there," without being there:
Register and sign in on Saturday morning: PPPL Ron Hatcher Science on Saturday.
Last week's was on the revival of the Stellator concept in fusion reactors.
The program:
