beamjockey | Meteors. Geek Bar Chicago. Tuesday, 3 March. Speaker: Me.

Remember that time when meteors clobbered Chicagoland? Remember that other time?

The Chicago Council on Science & Technology does a variety of things to encourage public engagement with science in our city. Including holding scientific talks in a tavern.

I'm appearing in C2ST's Speakeasy series next Tuesday, 3 March, at 7 PM. The venue is exciting: the new Geek Bar Beta in Chicago. It's near the triple corner of North Avenue, Damen, and Milwaukee. The topic:

Vandals of the Void: Damaging Meteors from Chelyabinsk to Chicago
Two years ago, a window-shattering shock wave injured 1400 Russians, and startled the world, as a small asteroid hit Chelyabinsk. Violent meteors are rare, but they can be devastating—and meteors have assaulted Chicagoland at least twice. Join William S. Higgins for a look at the science behind the Chelyabinsk blast. And hear the story of Chicago's own local impacts: one smaller than Chelyabinsk, one MUCH bigger.

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015 7:00pm
Geek Bar Chicago
1941 West North Avenue
Chicago IL 60622
Twitter: @geekbarchicago

Geek Bar Chicago is handy to the El.

Damage to the Park Forest firehouse, 2003.

Deep strata shaken up by cosmic impact, a very long time ago.

I'm very pleased that C2ST invited me, and I am eager to meet the sort of people who would come out to see a talk like this. Because they've got to be cool.