LaserFest at ICTP on Saturday 13 November at LB

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ICTP LaserFest

Celebrating 50 years of laser innovation

Saturday 13 November 2010, ICTP Leonardo Building
10:00 to 16:00

Open to all!

Watching your favourite movies on DVD. Surfing the web. Scanning 
barcodes at the grocery store. For the past 50 years, lasers have 
revolutionized the way we live. This milestone marks one of the greatest 
inventions of the 20th century! Through lectures, demonstrations and fun 
activities, ICTP's LaserFest will help to showcase the prominence of the 
laser in today's world.
Laserfest

The days activities include lectures by Mario Bertolotti, Professor of 
Physics, University di Roma 'La Sapienza', on Da Einstein a Maiman; la 
storia di un fascio di luce, and Gianluca Valentini, Associate Professor 
of Physics, Politecnico di Milano, on Lasers and cultural heritage.

Displays:
The Life of the Laser: When was the first laser invented? Who were the 
scientists involved? Learn about major milestone in the laser's 
development, from its birth in the 1960s to its most sophisticated uses 
today, through a display of laser photos and facts. A laser expert will 
be on hand to answer your questions.

Lasers in Action: A brief video about Trieste's own laser laboratory 
ELETTRA.

Lasers and microscopes: Learn how scientists use laser "tweezers" to 
help them manipulate microscopic objects as small as a single atom.

PLUS laser games!