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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
National Research Council
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Committee on the Physics of the Universe

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Congressional Briefings

Thursday, April 18, 2002
4:00 p.m. & 5:00 p.m.
2325 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
and

427 Hart Senate Office Bldg.

And

Friday, April 19, 2002
10:30 a.m. & 4:00 p.m.
703 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
and
124 Dirksen Senate Office Bldg.

on

Connecting Quarks with the Cosmos: Eleven Science Questions for the New Century

by

Michael S. Turner, Scientist II, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Professor, Department of Physics and Professor and Chair, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago; and Chair, Committee on the Physics of the Universe, Board on Physics and Astronomy, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council

This final report, from the National Research Council's Committee on the Physics of the Universe, outlines a strategy for addressing 11 key scientific opportunities identified in the first phase of their study looking at physics, astronomy, and the universe. The report includes ways to facilitate continued, coordinated planning for this cross-disciplinary area of research among NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and the scientific community.

These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on April 21, 2002 and can be found, in its entirety, on the Web site of the National Academies Press.