Recent Talks and Presentations by John G. Cramer

 

Here are some popular and physics presentations that I have given  recently.  John G. Cramer

These are Microsoft PowerPoint (.ppt) files used to make recent presentations Physics Talks on Quantum Interpretations and Phenomena: The Quantum Handshake (5,706 k) - 90 minute lecture presented at Alfred University, November 12, 2019, in Alfred, NY starting with an introduction to quantum mechanics for undergraduates and describing the Transactional Interpretation and its application to paradoxical experimental results. The UW Nonlocal Communication Experiment (3,675k) - 1 hour lecture presented to the Summer Session Physics 327 A class, August 14, 2007. Reverse Causality and the Transactional Interpretation (3,022k) -  45 minute invited paper presented at the AAAS PD Symposium Frontiers of Time, San Diego University, June 21, 2006, San Diego, CA. The Quantum Handshake: A Review of the Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (1,890k) - 1 hour invited paper presented at the Time-Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics Conference, Sydney, Australia, July 23, 2005. The Blind Men and The Quantum (1,338k) - The First Hal Clement Memorial Lecture, given at the Boskone 41 Science Fiction Convention, Boston Sheraton Hotel, February 15, 2004.  A 50 minute discussion of quantum paradoxes and interpretations, with emphasis on new data (The Afshar Experiment) that appears to falsify the Copenhagen and Many-Worlds Interpretations, but is consistent with the Transactional Interpretation. The Transactional Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (1,408k) -  1 hour Colloquium given to the Georgetown University  Physics and Philosophy Departments on October 2, 2000 in Washington, D.C. Physics Talks on Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions: The DWEF Model: Refractive Distortions of HBT (4,332k) - Invited 25 minute talk given at the Workshop on Particle Correlations and Femtoscopy (WPCF 2007), Santa Rosa, CA, August 2, 2007. Solving the RHIC HBT Puzzle (29,044 k) - 1 hour Colloquium on the RHIC HBT Puzzle and its solution given in the University of Washington Physics Department on February 28, 2004. Solving the RHIC HBT Puzzle (27,600 k) - 20 minute talk given at the Plenary Session of the STAR Physics Analysis Meeting on December 5, 2004.. Looking Through the "Veil of Hadronization": Pion Entropy & PSD at RHIC (1,101k) -  30 minute talk given at the STAR Collaboration Meeting at Cal Tech, Pasadena, CA, on February 18, 2004. Pion Interferometry and RHIC Physics (7,302k) -  Invited 50 minute talk given at the IX Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields, "Beyond the Standard Model", held at the University of Colima, Colima Mexico, November 17-22, 2003. Pion Entropy and Phase Space Density at RHIC (1,199k) -  Invited 30 minute talk given at the Technical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland on October 16, 2003. Surprises from RHIC (5,358k) -  1 hour Colloquium on RHIC physics given in the University of Washington Physics Department on March 4, 2002. Popular Talks: Senesce, Aging, and Humans in Space (16,900 k) -  A 40 minute lecture on senescent cells, their role in human aging, on methods of clearing them, and their production by space radiation during human space travel, given online to bio-inspired engineering students at SUNY Buffalo on April 30, 2020. The Use (and Misuse) of Wormholes in Hard Science Fiction (1,756 k) -  A 50 minute lecture on the physics of wormholes, a review of their use in science fiction, and the possibility of using accelerated wormhole ends for interstellar exploration and travel, given at the 2020 ASX Symposium, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CA, on February 28, 2020. What’s the Matter?: Quantum Physics for Ordinary People  (1,825 k) - A 50 minute lecture on quantum paradoxes and interpretations given at The Grange, Whallonsburg, NY, April 20, 2011. Quantum Entanglement, Nonlocality, and Back-In-Time Messages (2,104k)  -  A 40 minute talk given as the Science Guest of Honor presentation at Norwescon 33 on April 3, 2010 at the SeaTac Red Lion Inn. Time Travel in Physics and Science Fiction (2,447k) -  A 20 minute talk given to University of Washington Students for the "Science at the Movies" program on November 3, 2003, in connection with showing of the movie Terminator 2. Writing “Hard” Science Fiction: A Personal Account (543k) -  A 20 minute talk given to the Bellevue Rotary Club on May 20, 2003, in Bellevue, Washington. Online Interviews: Star Spot Episode 180: Wormholes through Space and Time, with John G. Cramer interviewed by Justin Trottier, March 29, 2020.

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