Don Lincoln

These Presentations are my popular talks.

NOTE: If you use slides, strictly for educational purposes, this is OK. But I want to know about it. Further, if you modify them, I'd like to see the modifications. I'm always willing to steal good material....

• What Particle Physicists Know About the Universe and You Should Too for High school and middle school teachers [21 MB,PPT] or college chemistry profs at non-research institutions [30 MB, PPT]. Two invited lectures given in Oct-2007 in Green Bay Wisconsin, one as part of a bi-annual continuing ed program for local science teachers and the other to local chemistry college profs at non-research institutions. I managed to avoid being hurt even though I pointed out the thorough drubbing the Bears gave the Packers earlier that year.
  

• Cosmology meets HEP Talk at Elgin Public Library as part of their "Space" program. Office 2003. Covers "Big Picture" science, including some history going back to 500 BC. Given Sept-2007. (13 MBytes,PPT).
  

• D0 Overview Talk given to Fermilab "Ask a Scientist" program. It overviews mostly D0, Fermilab and some basic collider concepts. This file uses Office 2003 and will not work very well with older versions of PowerPoint. Specifically, it utilizes the very interesting animation features not present in earlier PowerPoint. Given 05-Nov-2006. (16 MBytes,zip).
  

• Birth of the Universe Talk given to Waubonsee Community College continuing education department. This file uses Office 2003 and will not work very well with older versions of PowerPoint. Specifically, it utilizes the very interesting animation features not present in earlier PowerPoint. There are also a movie and sounds embedded, which you must extract from the zip file along with the PPT. Given 21-Feb-2006. (16 MBytes,zip).
  

• During a trip to Winnipeg, I gave 5 lectures in 2 days (November 18-19, 2005). The first three lectures were to high school teachers, as part of their "in service" program. The fourth lecture was a colloquium to the University of Manitoba. The final lecture was to high school students. The lectures are listed here. Note that all require Office 2003 for the animation. Some of these lectures are cousins of each other, so there is some overlap in the slide content.
  Particle physics to teachers (Talk 1) Covers a smattering of collider physics (9.4 MB, PPT).
  Dark Matter vs. MOND (Talk 2) Details the evidence and debate for dark matter vs. MOND. See details on non-teacher version below. (6.9 MB, ZIP).
  Guts of a collision (Talk 3) Non-mathematical but detailed explanation of a particle collsion and detector techniques. (9.6 MB, ZIP).
  Particle physics collquium to non-HEP university Covers a smattering of collider physics. (7.6 MB, PPT).
  Particle physics to high school students Covers a smattering of collider physics. Has some career stuff. (9.2 MB, PPT).
  

• Watch Star Trek with a Physicist (II) Talk given to the Batavia Public Library. This file uses Office 2003 and will not work very well with older versions of PowerPoint. Specifically, it utilizes the very interesting animation features not present in earlier PowerPoint. There is also extensive sounds embedded. The file linked to here is a zip file, containing the important included AVI files. Designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. This talk is related to, but different than an earlier Star Trek talk (see here.) Given 7-Nov-2005. (5.4 MBytes,zip).
  

• E = mc² Talk given to the Westmont Public Library. It is a very low-level talk on "What does E = mc² mean?" It was written as a companion talk for the PBS special Einstein's Big Idea. This file uses Office 2003 and will not work very well with older versions of PowerPoint. Specifically, it utilizes the very interesting animation features not present in earlier PowerPoint. On slide 6, the file "brownian.avi" is played. On page 7, the file "photoelectric.html" can be activated by hitting the "Demo!" button. To return to the PowerPoint, hit "back" on your browser. I know this works for Internet Explorer, but haven't checked it on Netscape and others. All necessary files are in the ZIP file, but you may need to verify that the links are maintained when you run the PPT show on your machine. The file linked to here is a zip file, containing the important included html and java files. Designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. Given 27-Oct-2005. (4.2 MBytes,zip).
  

• Generic Detector Talk This is a mediocre talk, given at Aurora West High School. Because I had little time to prepare, the middle slides are undistinguished. Basically it is a generic Fermilab Collider detector talk, with some slides on underlying detector principles. The mediocre middle slides are taken from my book. Understanding the Universe. Given 20-Sep-2005. (10 MBytes, PPT).
  

• The Dark Side of the Universe Talk given to the Chicago Mensa group. This talk is discusses the Dark Matter debate. It has a number of clever (probably too clever) features. When you are on page nine (and in slide show mode), if you click on the image, it will bounce out to a java script that allows you to demonstrate the issues of mass and radius in galactic rotation curves. When you are done hit "back" on the browser and you will return to the talk. Then just hit "page down" to move to the next slide. In addition, on page 37 there is a movie of the coallesence of matter into filaments and voids. This presentation was written with PowerPoint of Office 2003. It is not completely backwards compatible. The file here is a zip file, containing the important included html and java files. Designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. Given 24-Sep-2005. (4.2 MBytes,zip).
  

• Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos Talk given to the Chicago Mensa group. This talk is very low level and spends a lot of time talking about the nature of science itself. It tries to set up the historical search for the most fundamental aspect of reality. It justifies reductionist science. Designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. Given 22-Jan-2005. (9 MBytes,PPT).
  

• High School Math at the Research Frontier Talk given to the Joliet High School Mu Alpha Theta math honorary. It gives an introduction to the method of chi-square fitting to a line. Designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. Given 06-May-2004. (4.7 MBytes,PPT).
  

• General Overview of Fermilab Physics #2 General overview of Fermilab physics, aimed at a popular audience, but with minor modifications can be given to school kids. This is similar to the one below, but different, as it really is designed to exploit some PowerPoint animation. Given 03-August-2003. (6.9 MBytes,PPT).
  

• General Overview of Fermilab Physics General overview of Fermilab physics, aimed at a popular audience, but with minor modifications can be given to school kids. Given various times. (14 MBytes,PPT).
  

• Neutrinos: Ghosts of the Universe A talk given to the Chicago Section of the AAPT. Intended audience, HS teachers and non HEP faculty. Is designed to be projected using a laptop and projector. It is designed to fill 45 minutes. Covers neutrinos from discovery through recent oscillation results. Given Apr 13, 2002 (4.6 MBytes,PPT).