Steven Pinker is an experimental psychologist and one of the world’s foremost writers on language, mind, and human nature. His research on visual cognition and the psychology of language has won prizes from the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Institution of Great Britain, the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, and the American Psychological Association. He has been named Humanist of the Year, Prospect magazine’s “The World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals,” Foreign Policy’s “100 Global Thinkers,” and Time magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World Today.
Info:
http://www.science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/tinbergen/lezing-2013
Register (for free) at:
http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php//tinbergen/aanmelding_2013/
If you’re interested, keep an eye on our website http://leiden.scienceonline.com where we’ll open the registration form next week. We only have room for 75 people, so register soon. And follow us on Twitter @scioLeiden. If you want to help out with the organization, get in touch. If you want to give a demonstration of something you made, let us know. Our e-mail is leiden at scienceonline dot com.
More information below. The spoken language at the event will be Dutch.
ScienceOnline
is een community van mensen die communiceren over wetenschap en daar het web voor gebruiken. Of zoals er op de Amerikaanse website staat: Conversation, Community, & Connections at the Intersection of Science & the Web (zie http://www.scienceonline.com). De doelgroep is bewust breed. In hun woorden: “scientists, students, educators, physicians, journalists, librarians, bloggers, programmers and others interested in the way the World Wide Web is changing the way science is communicated, taught and done”.
Unconference
In Amerika vindt al 7 jaar de jaarlijkse ScienceOnline unconference plaats. Deze mensen kennen elkaar online en tijdens een ‘unconference’ ontmoeten ze elkaar in het echt. Om ervaringen uit te wisselen met elkaar op een ongedwongen manier. Geen rangen en standen, geen sprekers die met een Powerpoint de zaal toe-preken. Het concept is zo succesvol (binnen 10 minuten uitverkocht!) dat er inmiddels meerdere ‘satellites’ ontstaan in Amerikaanse steden en ook daarbuiten.
Nu ook in Leiden
Op dit moment wordt gestart met een ScienceOnline Leiden community, de eerste in West-Europa. 30 mei, 17-20 uur, komt er een (i.s.m. Leiden Communicatiestad) een eerste unconference. Het programma zal bestaan uit 3 sprekers (kort, Tedx-achtig), praktische sessies (1e hulp bij Twitter, hoe werkt Wordpress, exposure voor je blog enz), en parallelsessies rondom een thema waarin ervaringen worden uitgewisseld.
]]>OpenToko: Printed Circuit Board (PCB) production and design
Are you never getting beyond putting together something on breadboards or sick of soldering protoboards? Do you hesitate to start designing your own PCB’s? On the coming OpenToko, sunday 7 april, we’ll share knowledge about and experiences around this subject. There will be people experienced in KiCad and Eagle and in submitting designs to online PCB services like EuroCircuits.
So, do you have some circuits you’d really like to put into a pcb, this OpenToko is a excellent opportunity to make a headstart.
Sunday April 7th from 11:00 to 16:00 at FabLab Amersfoort (route)
Registration is needed and can be done at http://www.opentoko.org We wo.rk with the principle of Pay-What-You-Want: You determine how much you give based on how much the acquired knowledge, location, new contacts and lunch was worth to you.
Read more at: http://www.opentoko.org/
]]>Dear master student,
March 18 there will be a Master movie night. This event will start at 19:00. There will be diner and snacks. The dinner will be selfmade fastfood and the movies can be picked on location. There will also be a happy hour from 19:00 - 20:00. This means all drinks half price.
I hope to see you there and everyone’s welcome.
Regards,
Ralph Bos
Board of study association De Leidsche Flesch
The talks may be hard to understand for non beta folks, but it is targeted at a general science audience, and how cool is it anyway to hear two Nobel prize winners talk over lunch!
See below for more info.
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We are proud to inform you that we will host a special session of the
‘This weeks discoveries’ on March 12th with presentations from Nobel
laureates in Physics, Wolfgang Ketterle and Anthony Leggett.
Programme ‘This weeks discoveries’ Nobel edition March 12
12:30 hrs
Wolfgang Ketterle
Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
Presentation:
“Superfluid atomic gases—- ultracold, ultra dilute”
http://cua.mit.edu/ketterle_group/home.htm
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http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001/
<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2001>
12:50 hrs
Anthony Leggett
Nobel prize in Physics 2003
Presentation:
“Glass: the Cinderella problem of low-temperature physics”
http://physics.illinois.edu/people/profile.asp?aleggett
<http://physics.illinois.edu/people/profile.asp?aleggett>
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2003/#
<http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2003>
Both speakers are also key-note speakers of the Lorentz Center workshop:
Universal Themes of Bose-Einstein Condensation.
This “lunch-colloquium” will take place in De Sitterzaal (Groundlevel
J.H.Oortgebouw, Niels Bohrweg 2) and lasts from 12:30 hrs until 13.15
hrs. Everybody is welcome.
We expect a full house (room capacity is 110 visitors) therefore both
presentations are also available on life stream:
http://fswweb19.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?c
atalogId=ecaf4849-73fc-4107-a0a1-b7e6653e48b4
<http://fswweb19.fsw.leidenuniv.nl/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?
catalogId=ecaf4849-73fc-4107-a0a1-b7e6653e48b4>
Please note that doors will open at 12:25 hrs.
A lunch to Discover is provided afterwards from 13.15 hrs until 13.45
hrs near De Sitterzaal.
I am going to STRP Biennale on Friday morning (March 5th) and I want to invite everybody to join me on this short trip to one of the coolest Music/Art/Technology events!
I’ll take a train from Leiden Centraal at 9:35. I will then switch trains and take a train that leaves from Den Haag HS 9:58.
Please feel free to join me!
Cheers!
Hanna
as far as I understand, the below invite relates to events and gatherings that are FabLab style thingies. In Leiden. Enjoy!
]]>Beste Maarten Lamers,
Je vroeg me je te mailen als er iets georganiseerd gaat worden.
Op moment staan er 2 dingen op de agenda,
Een makermeet[1] op maandag 4 maart van 20:00 tot 22:00 uur
en makerfaire[2] op zaterdag 30 maart van 13:00 tot 16:00 uurMisschien ken je mensen die willen komen, of beter zelfs een projecten
willen meenemen om die te demonstreren. Het een en ander wordt
georganiseerd via onze mailinglist[3].Met vriendelijke groeten,
Marten Vijn[1]http://maakcafe.nl/leiden/wiki/index.php/Meetups#Maandag_4_maart_Maker_Meet_in_de_Vrijplaats
[2]http://maakcafe.nl/leiden/wiki/index.php/MakerFaire
[3]http://maakcafe.nl/leiden/wiki/index.php/List
]]>After the success of the master BBQ, the Leidsche Flesch master committee will organize a bowling evening on November 15th. We start bowling at 8:00 pm and the evening ends at 10:00 pm.
Do you want to beat your fellow master students or do you just want to bowl? Send an e-mail to masters at deleidscheflesch dot nl to sign up.
There is only a limited amount of places, therefore first come first serve.
]]>What is de War?
De War is the home of, amongst others, the Spullenmannen, Transitielab, FabLab Amersfoort, Studium Generale Amersfoort and OpenToko. You can follow de War (mostly in Dutch) through http://www.twitter.com/uitdewar.
De War is an open laboratory in the former food dye factory Warner & Jenkinson in Amersfoort. Inventors and artists will find a workshop, open knowlegde and a place to experiment. Starters can rent an affordable office, shared with other creative minds.The audience can experience the latest developments in science, art, innovation and sustainability.
10 November, 10.30u - 14.30h - Repair Cafe [het Spullenlab]
This Saturday from 10.30h tot 14.30h there will be another RepairCafe, so drop by with your broken stuff to fix it or get it fized, or bring your favorite tools to help others.11 November 13.00h - 17.00h - Workshop drawing for the 3D printer [het Fablab]
Workshop Blender for beginners. Blender is open source 3D drawing software. In this workshop you will learn to make a 3D object that is printable on a 3D printer. You will also receive a voucher to get your object printed at Shapeways. Sign up for the workshop here.11 November 16.00h -Information overload in the visual system - Ignace Hooge [het Spullenlab]
Our visual system gets bombarded with information all day. Eye tracking (measuring where somebody looks) gives us insight into how people take in visual information. What catches the eye and waht doesn’t? What physical characteristics should a visual message have in order to stand out? Ignace Hooge will answer these questions with visual examples in his interactive presentation.
Ignace Hooge (1966) studied physics in Utrecht. He promoted in 1996 with a research about human eyemovements and search behaviour. Currently, Ignace Hooge is employed as lecturer at Utrecht University.16 November, 20.00h - Marijke Meems, Rie-jetske Komen and Anne Nusselder [het Spullenlab]
Three Dutch performers present music and comedy.18 November 15.30h -Café Mwar [het Spullenlab]
A literairy sunday at de War! Put your suit on, comb your hair and enjoy an afternoon of short prose, strange events and music in between. With among others: Jeroen Boone, Maaike Haneveld, Kasper Jansen, Michiel Lieuwma en Simon Weeda. There will be dinner afterwards, and important talking. Want to join the dinner? Send an email to Maaike Haneveld
Data:
1 November, 20.00 - 22.00 h The Press and the wallpaper Designer in Naturalis [Naturalis,Leiden]
10 November, 10.30 h Repair Cafe [in de War, Spullenlab, Kleine Koppel 40]
11 November, 13.00 h Blender workshop [in de War, Fablab, Kleine Koppel 40]
11 November, 16.00 h Studium Generale [in de War, Spullenlab, Kleine Koppel 40]
16 November, 20.00 h Marijke Meems, Rie-jetske Komen and Anne Nusselder [indeWar,Spullenlab,KleineKoppel40]
18 November, 15.30 h Cafe Mwar [in de War, Spullenlab, Kleine Koppel 40]
]]>Wat: Naturalis Late Night Show
Wanneer: Donderdag 1 november, 20-22 uur
Waar: Naturalis, Leiden
Toegang: 10 euro pp incl 1 drankje
Kaarten: kopen aan de deur of reserveren via evenementen at ncbnaturalis dot nl o.v.v. Late Night Show + aantal personen
Spannende kunst, verrassende sprekers, fotostrips, filmpjes en prikkelende wetenschap: de Naturalis Late Night Show is uit met inhoud. Naturalis knalt met een combinatie van kunst en kennis.
Met op 1 november de volgende programma onderdelen, gepresenteerd door Maarten Keulemans:
Johan van Leeuwen (WUR) over biomechanica en het schietmechanisme van de kameleonnentong. Bioloog Masaki Hoso (Naturalis) over slimme, slangontsnappende slakken. Filosoof en medisch wetenschapper Toine Pieters (VUmc) over MRI scans en neurowetenschap in de rechtszaal. Kunstenaar Art van Triest vraagt zich af of 3d printen wel zo onschuldig is, en printte een Kalashnikov. Deborah Stein-Zweers (KNMI) in een 20PK over vulkanen en bosbranden. Verder met fotostripfilmpjes van Ype, kunst en performances van de Spullenmannen, en cabaretière Ellen Dikker voor het laatste woord.
Reserveer op tijd, het aantal plaatsen is beperkt!
Deze avond wordt georganiseerd door Naturalis Biodiversity Center in het kader van Shaking Science! 30 dagen life sciences en samenleving in gesprek http://www.shakingscience.nl