I occasionally do presentations for classes, school visits, or other kinds of meetings that generate (possibly) interesting visuals. Here are a few that may be useful to other people:
Some of my musings on faith and reason (13 Mbyte PowerPoint from a series of talks given to the UA Christian Faculty/Staff Fellowship).
PowerPoint file for presentation on "The History of Galaxies" for College Leadership Board, 8 September 2006.
PowerPoint files for talks at DragonCon 2006: "Astrophysics from your Backyard - and your Laptop", showing opportunities for involvement in research with amateur equipment or on-line; and my 2006 status report on NASA's Great Observatories, with a wider look forward on multiwavelength astronomy.
PowerPoint slides for Living in Einstein's Universe, an Einstein centennial presentation tracing the myriad impacts of relativity in contemporary astronomy. This version was given to the Barnard-Seyfert Astronomical Society, and is somewhat revised from what I did at DragonCon 2005. For the Web, I have deleted a couple of archival pictures for which I have purchased rights for print but not the Web.
PowerPoint material from talks at DragonCon 2005, on NASA's Great Observatories, the search for extrasolar planets, and a curmudgeonly view of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
A status report on the new UA 16-inch telescope (11 Mbyte PowerPoint). This includes the equipment and sample images from digital and 35mm cameras, webcam, and CCD imager.
From DragonCon 2004 - two items presented in the Science and Space Track. First is the material for a talk on the first stars and the first black holes. Then you can find the visuals I used in a panel discussion on NASA's Great Observatories, with a focus on the status and fate of Hubble. The recorded talks themselves will shortly be available on streaming audio from madscientist.org.uk. Please ignore the cell phone when my son the gamer called to ask about ordering pizza. Twice.
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies, put together for Rainwater Observatory's star party in spring 2004.
A couple of items from elementary- and high-school talks: a presentation on the Solar System at the high-school level, and one on careers in science for the younger set.
Mars in myth, literature, and history. This has grown through public programs at the oppositions of 2001 and 2003.
The cosmic background for life on Earth. This was prepared as an introductory lecture for a course on evolutionary biology, and covers the formation of structure and the synthesis of the chemical elements.
Did the Apollo landings really happen?. This is a discussion of the evidence that I use in classes. On the same topic, I also have a page on telescopic tracking of the Apollo lunar missions.
Last changes: December 2006