Tues, December 10, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club presents Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana + Neutrino Hunters

Prepare to explore part(icle)s unknown!

Neutrinos are everywhere—trillions pass through your body every second—and these phantom bits of matter travel straight through the Earth without leaving a whisper of evidence. Emanating from the sun (and other nuclear reactions) and moving at near-light speed, neutrinos may hold the key to why antimatter is so rare, how stars explode as supernovas, and what the Universe was like just seconds after the Big Bang.  

Neutrinos are notoriously hard to pin down. But scientists are busy laying traps. Drawing on his new book, Neutrino Hunters: The Thrilling Chase for a Ghostly Particle to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe, astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana discusses the quest to detect and observe neutrinos, from deep underground laboratories all the way to Antarctica’s “IceCube,” the largest neutrino detector in the world.

Professor of astronomy and Canada Research Chair in Observational Astrophysics at the University of Toronto, Ray Jayawardhana is the co-author of over 100 scientific papers and has written for the Economist, New York Times, and Scientific American. His previous book, Strange New Worlds, was the basis for the television documentary, The Planet Hunters.

Before & After

--Groove to subatomic tunes from our stereophonic supercollider
--Sample our quantum cocktail of the night, the Quinter Quish . . . it will add a particle of warmth to your seasonal celebrations . . .

--Hot off the presses! Snag a signed copy of Dr. Jayawardhana’s just-released new book, Neutrino Hunters

--Don’t miss the out-of-this-world Q&A

This cosmological edition of the Secret Science Club meets Tuesday, December 10, 8 pm @ the Bell House, 149 7th St. (between 2nd and 3rd avenues) in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Subway: F or G to 4th Ave.

Doors open at 7:30 pm. Please bring ID: 21+. No cover. Just bring your smart self!