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Reading Physics in LA

A reading and discussion meetup, based around books that stradle the line between the popular and scientific. Roger Penrose, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman - Let's read them in depth and discuss, maybe once or twice a month.

Location: Los Angeles, CA 90017 34.05-118.27 90017US
Founded: Sep 25, 2006
Member Fee: none
Rating: 4.25
Members: 142
Meetings: 15 so far
  • "There were a lot of people there."Cliff Bushin
  • "I'd like to explore more into the more recent studies of the double slit experiment. Michelle Umali

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Recent Meetings

Fri Jan 25, 8:30 PM
19 attended (est.) – 4.25
Fri Dec 14, 8:30 PM
10 attended (est.) – 4.25
Fri Nov 30, 8:30 PM
14 attended (est.) – 4.5

What's New?

  • Joined May 13, 2008

    "My husband & I have a strong interest in scientific discussion."

  • Joined May 11, 2008
  • Joined May 9, 2008

    "Looking to meet fellow nerds who enjoy discussing physics. Physics has been my fav subject since high school.. "

  • Joined May 9, 2008
  • "Article I ran across today: The hunt for superheavy elements has focused banging various heavy nuclei together and hoping they?ll stick. In this way, physicists have extended the periodic table by manufacturing..."

  • Joined April 26, 2008

    "I have almost always chosen to have a scientific foot hold in my life. I choose have a strong empirical knoeledge base. I am currently reading "RELATIVITY for Scientists and Engineers" "

  • Joined April 21, 2008

    "This group sounds great!!! I was a math/astrophysics major at New College of FL...Now I'm here in L.A. and looking to meet other interesting science-y people:)"

  • Joined April 16, 2008

    "Hi. I've always been a fan of physics and astronomy and am looking to learn more about it with people who also share a similar passion."

  • Joined April 13, 2008

    "I'm a filmmaker, pretty much a lay person with a high interest in physics, metaphysics, philosophy."

  • Joined April 12, 2008
  • Joined April 8, 2008
  • Joined April 8, 2008

    "I'm a software engineer for a large internet company. I have become somewhat obssessed with reading books on physics ever since reading "The Elegant Universe". I am absolutely convinced there is something VERY VERY strange going on.. :>"

  • Joined April 7, 2008

    "I'm a music theory professor and dpt. chair at a community college music program. "

  • Joined April 6, 2008
  • Joined April 4, 2008

    "Hi all, I'm an astrophysics postdoc working at UCLA, recently arrived from Berkeley. Professionally, I work on studies of circumstellar disks and extrasolar planets, but I'm widely interested in physics, philosophy, and general science fun."

  • Joined April 4, 2008
  • Joined March 27, 2008
  • Joined March 26, 2008
  • "Hi: Just to get a little momentum going on the Penrose book, I'll send out a summary of the last section I read. If anyone wants to refine/correct/augme nt my summary, that would be cool! Section..."

  • Joined March 25, 2008

    "Hello, I am William H. Gilmore. I do not have any professional science designations yet. I am nevertheless the author of 'What's The Matter, Einstein? Flaws In The Theory Of Relativity And The Interaction Of Energy And Mass'. "

  • "Hello Physics Readers; It looks like the Meetup system auto-scheduled a March 28th Meetup without consulting me! I apologize for any messages you may have received regarding it. I've removed it from..."

  • Joined March 23, 2008
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  • Joined March 1, 2008
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