2018 Professional Development Conference

February 15, 2019 | by jrpNABT1938

When: November 8 - 11, 2018
Where: Sheraton San Diego
San Diego, CA

Conference Program

The NABT2018 Final Program is available for download.

Program Days Pages: You may also download sections from the program that was available in San Diego.

• Thursday, November 8th
• Friday, November 9th
• Saturday, November 10th
• Sunday, November 10th
• Speaker & Speaker Index
• Exhibitor Index
• 2018 Research Symposium Proceedings

Resources

Sean M. Carroll
Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics
Caltech, Pasadena, CA

The Arrow of Time and the Meaning of Life

Nothing is more obvious about the nature of time than the fact that the past is different from the future. Physics ascribes this difference to the fact that entropy -- randomness or disorder -- increases with time. I will talk about why this is so, a mystery that will lead us to the origin of the universe. I'll also talk about why the increase of entropy is responsible for all of the differences between past and future, from memory to aging. Finally, I'll talk about the relationship between entropy and complexity, and why it's not so surprising that complex life came into existence in a decaying universe.

Slides from this Presentation

Photos from San Diego

• Photos from the 2018 NABT Honors Luncheon are available on Dropbox at 2018 Conference Photos.