The Secret Science Clubs returns to the Gowanus’ Bell House with more brain-stimulating lectures, starry-eyed cocktails, and stratospheric sounds for astronomy nerds with a thirst for knowledge and tasty drinks. All-star astrophysicist Janna Levin is in hot pursuit of the cosmic drumbeats produced by gravitational waves. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein’s theory of relativity, and though there is significant evidence that they exist, they have never been directly detected. Dr. Levin joins the Secret Science Club to discuss the interstellar search and two far-reaching space-science experiments—LIGO and LISA—that seek to capture and “hear” the beatbox of the universe for the first time.
A professor of physics and astronomy at Barnard College of Columbia University, Janna Levin is the author of the award-winning books A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines and How the Universe Got Its Spots, as well as dozens of scientific papers on chaos, black holes, and the early universe.
Besides the actual lecture, you get to groove out to far-out tunes and video, participate in a Q & A session, and sample The Bell Houses’ quantum cocktail of the night, the “Cosmos-politan.”
The Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, October 13 at 8 pm at the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn,
F to 4th Ave; R to 9th St; F or G to Smith/9th
FREE! Just bring your smart self! Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+
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