What is the nature of design and the meaning it holds in human life? What does it mean to design well? To design ethically...
(1919-2007)
Wolfgang K. H. “Pief” Panofsky, a renowned physicist and passionate arms control advocate, was SLAC’s first director. Panofsky pressed the case for basic accelerator...
(1931-2018)
The burst of scientific activity that began with the discovery of the J/psi particle in 1974 is known to particle physicists as the “November...
Past Event
SLAC on Tap
Diamonds are (not) forever
In the film Diamonds are Forever, James Bond’s archnemesis uses diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon that can blow up stuff on Earth...
Past Event
Past Event
SLAC on Tap
Lasers not attached to sharks, ultrafast science and the quantum mechanics of your sunglasses
Join us for the inaugural SLAC on Tap event at The Patio in Palo Alto. SLAC scientist Alan Fry will chat about lasers not...
Deputy Director Emeritus
Gregory Loew spent his entire 50-year career at SLAC, starting in 1958 when it was still called “Project M.” He developed the design of...
