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Tuesday, October 30, 2012 - All Day | Cost: FREE*
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Bay Area Science Festival | 2013
Created by the Bay Area’s scientific, cultural, and educational institutions, the Bay Area Science Festival returns with a 10-day festival, scheduled October 24 – November 2, 2013.

The festival provides a wide range of science & technology activities – lectures, debates, exhibitions, concerts, plays, workshops and more at a locations throughout the Bay Area.

Expect similar events in 2013, including the return of Discovery Days in Santa Rosa, Hayward, and San Francisco.

Bay Area Science Festival 2013
October 24 – November 2, 2013
All over San Francisco Bay Area
FREE

Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Free events on October 30, 2012 | Bay Area Science Festival | 2013

Free events on October 30, 2012

Hands-on Science at the Farmer’s Market
Ever wonder how plants live? Or how worms produce compost? Curious about solar beads and solar cookers? Get hands-on with science to find out! Join Cal scientists for some cool, food-related investigations at East Bay farmers’ markets during the Bay Area Science Festival.
Start: 10/30 2:00 pm
End: 10/30 6:30 pm

The Mathematics Behind Math Midway
Calling all middle school students, parents, and teachers!! Step right up
and join the Lawrence Hall of Science and the Mathematical Sciences Research
Institute for a fun, FREE evening to learn about the real math behind the
fun in Math Midway!
Dr. Paul Zeitz of the University of San Francisco will explain the math in
the fun midway exhibits. You’ll be surprised at how much you will learn!
After the lecture, you can enjoy yourself at the reception, explore Math
Midway activities such as the A-Maze-ing Maze, Organ Function Grinder, or
the Ring of Fire, and visit other museum exhibits.
There will be a reception following Dr. Zeitz’s presentation and the Math
Midway exhibit will remain open until 8:00pm for exploration.
Start: 10/30 6:00 pm
End: 10/30 8:00 pm
Venue: Lawrence Hall of Science
Cost: Free with RSVP

Samuel Arbesman Salon Talk: The Half-Life of Facts
Samuel Arbesman is a mathematician and network scientist who has turned his powerful tools of quantification onto science itself. He’ll discuss his book The Half-Life of Facts at the Long Now Museum & Store on Tuesday, October 30th.
Start: 10/30 6:30 pm
End: 10/30 8:30 pm
Venue: The Long Now Foundation
Cost: $8/Free for Long Now members with promotional code in email and September Quarterly News

Citizen Science
Science Online Bay Area and Swissnex San Francisco invite the public to attend a talk with citizen scientists and researchers to share their views on the new interface between science and society.
Start: 10/30 7:00 pm
End: 10/30 8:30 pm
Venue: swissnex San Francisco
Cost: Free

Rubik, Escher, Bank$
Join Stanford math professor Brian Conrad to learn about how the mathematics of symmetry provides answers to natural questions that arise in topics as diverse as the Rubik’s Cube, the art of M.C. Escher, and the security of financial transactions on the Internet.
Start: 10/30 7:30 pm
End: 10/30 8:30 pm
Venue: Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University
Cost: Free