Upcoming events.
Virtual US Book Launch - Harvard Book Store
(Postponed from 10/1/23 new date/time TBC)
Harvard Book Store, the Harvard University Division of Science, and the Harvard Library welcome DR. SUZIE SHEEHY—physicist, science communicator, and academic at the at the University of Oxford and University of Melbourne—for a discussion of her book The Matter of Everything: How Curiosity, Physics, and Improbable Experiments Changed the World. She will be joined in conversation by GREG KESTIN—Associate Director of Science Education and a Lecturer on Physics at Harvard University.
Event Series: Harvard Science Book Talks
The Harvard Science Book Talks series is a collaboration between the Harvard University Division of Science, the Harvard Library, and Harvard Book Store. The series features talks by the authors of recently published books on a variety of science-related topics and is open to both the Harvard community and to the general public. Typically, lectures are followed by a book signing with the author and refreshments.
WIRED Smarter
WIRED is proud to announce the return of WIRED Smarter, a conference designed to brief senior executives on critical business trends and innovation through a series of digestible keynotes, anecdotal sessions and meaningful connections.
Curated by WIRED’s award-winning editorial team, WIRED Smarter offers delegates industry-agnostic top-line views of the disruption shaping today’s business world and drills into industry-specific challenges and opportunities within Retail, Money and Security.
Set as a multi-track, one-day event, WIRED Smarter will host more than 30 speakers from a variety of industries, backgrounds and perspectives. Expect top-level headline keynotes, trend-led industry briefings and case-study dissections. As with other WIRED events, the day will culminate in an evening reception with the Test Lab’s selection of hands-on demos and fun exhibits.
2022 Speakers include:
Plenary:
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor of the Web and CTO & Co-founder, Inrupt
Herman Narula, chief executive officer, Improbable
Werner Vogels, Chief Technology Officer, Amazon
Suzie Sheehy, Accelerator Physicist
Taavet Hinrikus, Chairman & Co Founder, Wise
Sharmadean Reid, founder, The Stack World
Parisa Tabriz, Vice President, Chrome Browser, Google
Jim Rowan, CEO, Volvo
New Scientist Live
Dr. Suzie Sheehy will be speaking on Sunday 9th October on the Universe Stage.
From the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German laboratory, to the scientists trying to prove Einstein wrong (and inadvertently proving him right), to the race to split open the atom, physicists have shaped innumerable aspects of how we live today.
In this talk, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy will uncover how our curiosity-driven determination to understand the microscopic brought about a revolution in physics, and show how experiments – not just theory – let us delve into the real world. This talk will bring physics down to Earth and put it firmly back where it belongs, in the hands of the people.
The world’s greatest festival of ideas and discoveries is back!
At New Scientist Live you'll find thought-provoking talks and amazing interactive experiences brought to you by people shaping the world of science and technology.
Melbourne Writers Festival: How the War in Ukraine is Reshaping the World
Saturday 10 Sep, 2pm
The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are reshaping the world. Hear from a panel of experts as they discuss the conflict and its ongoing repercussions, from the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine to the far-reaching economic fallout, including rising inflation and fuel prices, and a realignment of the world order. The Age‘s foreign affairs correspondent Anthony Galloway, who has recently reported from Ukraine, international criminal and humanitarian law expert Carrie McDougall, Ukrainian ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko, physicist and science communicator Suzie Sheehy, and international politics and economics expert Andrew Walter, in conversation with Lydia Khalil.
Melbourne Writers Festival: We Have the Technology
Fri 9 Sep, 1.30pm
Accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy's The Matter of Everything is a riveting foray into the surprising experiments and brilliant physicists who determinedly, and often accidentally, revolutionised how we understand the universe. While AI expert Toby Walsh's Machines Behaving Badly asks: in a world that can suddenly and drastically be changed by one experiment gone right (or wrong), what limitations should we place on progress? Lizzie O'Shea joins Sheehy and Walsh for a fascinating discussion on where humanity has been – and where we're going.
Science Festival 2022: Discoveries That Changed Our World
Date: Thursday 18 August 2022
Time: 5:00pm - 8:30pm
Host: Faculty of Science
Location: Blackbox Theatre, Science Gallery Melbourne
Cost: Free but BOOK HERE
Curiosity might have killed Schrödinger’s cat, but it’s also helped advance our society to what it is today. Everything that has made our modern world started from scientific curiosity, and the biggest discoveries and achievements often have subtle, hidden, and surprising histories. You are invited to the third Science at Melbourne lecture of 2022, presented by physicist Dr Suzie Sheehy, author of “The Matter of Everything: Twelve experiments that changed our world”.
This Science Festival marquee event is being held at Science Gallery Melbourne and guests will have the opportunity to take part in a private tour of the SWARM exhibition opening that same week. Our evening will conclude with a drinks and networking cocktail function held amongst Science Gallery’s impressive installations.
The Science at Melbourne Lecture series is the premier public event series from the Faculty of Science. The event program seeks to share our knowledge and love of science with the wider community, engaging them in current research and empowering them to ask questions and take actions for a better world. The series runs throughout the year covering scientific research, discoveries and theories that play exciting or unexpected roles in shaping and advancing our society.
Book Launch: Readings, State Library
Wed 3 Aug 2022 at 6:30pm
Readings State Library — Woiworung Country, State Library Victoria, 285-321 Russell St, Melbourne 3000, Victoria
In The Matter of Everything, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the people who, through a combination of genius, persistence and luck, staged the ground-breaking experiments of the twentieth century that changed the course of history. Pulling physics down from the theoretical and putting it in the hands of the people, The Matter of Everything is a fascinating expedition through the surprising, and occasionally accidental, experiments that transformed our world, and a celebration of the creative and curious people behind them.
This event is free to attend but bookings are essential.
Cheltenham Science Festival
The astonishing story of 20th-century physics, told through the 12 experiments that changed our world. In conversation with Jess Wade, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the people who, through a combination of genius, persistence and luck, staged ground-breaking experiments to answer questions about the nature of matter. From the physicists who soared in hot air balloons on the trail of new particles, to the quest to find the third generation of matter, our determination to understand and control the microscopic have transformed how we live today. Join us for a celebration of human ingenuity, creativity and curiosity, including live demos straight out of Suzie’s book.
Bristol Festival of Ideas
What Are the Physics Experiments That Have Changed Our Lives? Join Suzie Sheehy 7-8pm at Waterstones, Bristol. 25th May 2022. Part of Bristol Festival of Ideas.
Image: Antonio Olmos
Blackwells, Oxford
Book event at Blackwells, Oxford, featuring Suzie Sheehy 'The Matter of Everything' in conversation with Prof Chris Lintott.
London Writers Salon Interview
*This is a LIVE interview w/ accelerator physicist and author Suzie Sheehy. A recording will be shared with ticket holders.*
About this event
How can we make complex subjects accessible to our readers?
How might we create a thrilling narrative within a non-fiction book?
If anyone should know, it's physicist Suzie Sheehy. In her book 'The Matter of Everything', she shines a light on 12 ground-breaking experiments that changed the world; she's written a thrilling popular science story about matter and made the history of physics accessible to the wider community.
Join us as we talk to Suzie about her writing and research process, and the craft of writing about complex subject matters using simple storytelling techniques.
Royal institution
Physics Experiments that Changed the World
Twentieth-century physics experiments have changed our lives. We’re pleased to say that some of them happened right here at the Royal Institution.
Join physicist Suzie Sheehy as she uses stories, demonstrations, and a bit of Ri history, to explore how these physics experiments have impacted our lives. From the cathode ray tube used in TVs to the race to split open the atomic nucleus.
In this talk Suzie will uncover how our curiosity-driven determination to understand the microscopic brought about a revolution in physics, and how experiments brought physics into the real world, putting what was theoretical firmly in the hands of the people.
How To Academy Virtual Event: Suzie Sheehy In Conversation With David Malone
Join Suzie Sheehy [BOOK HERE] for a thrilling new history of particle physics, told through the discoveries that have shaped our lives – often without us knowing it.
For millennia, people have asked questions about the nature of matter. In the twentieth century, this curiosity led to an unprecedented outburst of scientific discovery that changed the course of history.
In this livestream In Conversation event, accelerator physicist Suzie Sheehy introduces us to the people who, through a combination of genius, persistence and luck, staged these ground-breaking experiments.
From the physicists who soared in hot air balloons on the trail of new particles, to the serendipitous discovery of X-rays in a German lab; and from the race to split open the atomic nucleus to the quest to find the third generation of matter, Suzie will show how these experiments informed innumerable aspects of how we live today. Radio, TV, the chips in our smartphones, MRI scanners, radar equipment and microwaves, to name a few: these were all made possible by our determination to understand, and control, the microscopic.
Pulling physics down from the theoretical and putting it in the hands of the people, this livestream event will celebrate of human ingenuity, creativity and curiosity: a powerful reminder that progress relies on the desire to know.