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You can now watch those public lectures over the Internet: http://www.perimeterinstitute.ca/activities/community/generalpublic/openhouselectures.php See, they just needed a little time to post them.

One area that Waterloo seems to be particularly strong in is "quantum information theory". It's one of Perimeter Institute's main areas of research and this subject is also of major interest to the nearby University of Waterloo. The University recently established an "Institute for Quantum...

Now tell me, is having a squash court in a physics institute a little over the top? I understand that the "fitness facilities" include a weight room and sauna. Here's the article: Perimeter building will be much more than a pretty face by Howard Burton, executive director of the...

A collage of the two? Yes, it may be, but I don't know enough about Inca or Aztec art to say for sure. It's an interesting reference to historical cosmology for sure.

Lee Smolin is one of Perimeter Institute's founding physicists, and I believe he brought one or two others with him when he moved to Waterloo. Lee clearly has had a lot of influence on who Perimeter hires and how it is governed on a day-to-day basis. He is much more than just some high-profile...

Not really a fair comment; it's a very new institute. I've read lots of slides from their lectures and listened to audio as well. You just have to give them a little time to put the files on their server. If slides were never provided by a guest lecturer, would that be Perimeter's fault...

That's an excellent question because I never even noticed any totem pole before. You may be right, but I really don't know.

To view some nice photos of Perimeter Institute's new building that were taken on its official opening day (Oct 2/2004) see: http://agar.ca/gallery/pi20041002 Perimeter Institute is located in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. More specifically, the new facility is located in uptown Waterloo...