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Talks at the Annual ΣΠ&Sigma Induction Dinner

ΣΠΣ is the Honor Society of the SPS (Society of Physics Students).
New members are inducted at the Induction Dinner every April.
The current advisor for the Virginia Tech Chapter of ΣΠΣ is Prof. Mark Pitt.

Thursday, April 3, 2008
GLC Multipurpose Room
Prof. John Simonetti

“What's it All About?”

Thursday, April 12, 2007
GLC Multipurpose Room
Prof. Djordje Minic

"Fundamental Physics in a Dark Age"

Thursday, April 20, 2006
GLC Multipurpose Room
Prof. Tatsu Takeuchi

"The Physics of Color"

Thursday, April 21, 2005
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. Uwe Täuber

"...It Ain't Necessarily So..." - Reality and Myth in Scientific Discovery

Thursday, April 22, 2004
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. Beate Schmittmann

"Innumeracy"

Thursday, April 24, 2003
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. Kathy Thornton (University of Virginia)

Click here for a bio of Prof. Thornton who is a former Space Shuttle Astronaut.

Tuesday, April 23, 2002
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. Djordje Minic

"One of the Greatest Puzzles in Physics"

Tuesday, April 24, 2001
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. Tatsu Takeuchi

"Is there Harmony in Scale Invariance? Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in Music"

Tuesday, April 25, 2000
Hunan King Restaurant
Prof. John Simonetti

"The Ultimate Environmentalism"

Wednesday, April 7, 1999
Bogen's Restaurant
Prof. Royce Zia

"Differences that Make no Difference"

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