The word "geometry" invokes imagery of curved space and singularities to physicists, warp drives and worm holes to physics enthusiasts, and Euclidean Dementors to middle-schoolers. But geometry (the structure of space) is at the heart of all physics, even in plain flat space. This talk is a series of three loosely-connected vignettes aspiring to illustrate the ubiquity of geometry in understanding our local environment.

Refreshments will be served in CP 179 at 3:15 PM