There are astronauts and then there are space walkers. Only three Canadians have donned space suits and stepped into the void 400 km above the Earth to perform zero-G construction work on the International Space Station.

Speaker: Dr. Paola Rodriguez Hidalgo

Juris Steprāns looks at logic in science fiction, including both the misconceptions and insights which scifi has produced about Gödel's theorem, one of the most misunderstood results of mathematics.

Speaker: Dr. Amaury Triaud

From decades-old radio transmissions to the ringing of ionized matter, NASA’s audio archive has a ready supply of compelling and otherworldly sounds, and artists from around the world have been making use of the material. The Canadian Music Centre has invited Canadian composers to use sounds downloaded from NASA’s archive to create their own electronic piece or soundscape. On Thursday, June the 4th, you will be treated to a live presentation of the new pieces.

Vilhelm A. Bohr

Join award winning author and host of Discovery Science’s Meteorite Men Geoff Notkin for a special appearance at the ROM.

Join the Hamilton Amateur Astronomers from 8:00 to 11:00pm to explore the cosmos! Who can attend: EveryoneFee: FreeReservations: Not requiredOrganized by: Hamilton Amateur AstronomersLocation: T.B. McQuesten Park, 1199 Upper Wentworth St., Hamilton, ON  L8W 2Y7

The International Space Development Conference (ISDC) is the annual conference of the National Space Society. The conference covers several broad areas of study related to building a spacefaring civilization, including transportation to and through space, technology needed to live and work in space, and Earth-based activities to advocate for or educate others about space development.

Clifford Will, Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Florida Einstein's theories of relativity have had a major impact on everything from popular culture to everyday life to basic science. Songs, plays and movies proclaim Einstein as the symbol of genius, while users of GPS navigation devices unknowingly take account of Einstein's relativistic warpage of time.