BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Data::ICal 0.22 BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Sidney R. Nagel\, University of Chicago\n\n
Many compl ex phenomena are so familiar that we hardly realize that they defy our nor mal intuition. \; Examples include the anomalous flow of granular mate rial\, the long messy tendrils left by honey spooned from one dish to anot her\, the pesky rings deposited by spilled coffee on a table after the liq uid evaporates or the common splash of a drop of liquid onto a countertop.  \; Aside from being uncommonly beautiful to see\, many of these pheno mena involve non-linear behavior where the system is far from equilibrium.  \; Although most of the world we know is beyond description by equili brium theories\, we are still only at the threshold of learning how to dea l with such deep and complex behavior. \; Thus\, these are phenomena t hat can lead the inquisitive into new realms of physics.
\n DTSTART:20160414T230000Z LOCATION:Chemistry Building\, Room 402 SUMMARY:Impact and Intrusion: the surprises and elegance of how nature arra nges the texture of our lives END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR