Wonderfest, the Bay Area Festival of Science November 6, 2010

All Wonderfest events are free, open to the public, and do not require registration.

SATURDAY, NOV. 6; Hewlett Teaching Center, Stanford University

1:00pm DOES 10,000 HOURS OF VIDEOGAMING HAVE SIDE EFFECTS?
Jane McGonigal, Director of Game Research, Institute for the Future
Philip Zimbardo, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, Stanford

2:45pm IS MATHEMATICS MORE ART THAN SCIENCE?
Keith Devlin, Executive Director of H-STAR Institute, Stanford
Alejandro Garcia, Professor of Physics, San Jose State University

4:00-7:00pm AMATEUR SCIENCE FORUM -- Groups & individuals share their explorations

4:30pm SCIENCE LAUGHS -- Norm Goldblatt

5:00pm NEUROMAGIC -- Luigi Anzivino

5:30pm BECHTEL WONDERCUP CHALLENGE CHAMPIONSHIP -- Top high school science teams square off

8:00pm WILL SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY MAKE INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY OBSOLETE?
Paul Berg, Nobel Laureate & Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry, Stanford
Richard Zare, Priestley Medalist & Chemistry Department Chair, Stanford
Also: Presentation of the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization to:
DONALD KENNEDY, Emeritus Professor of Environmental Science, Stanford

Official Website: http://www.wonderfest.org