Book in the park with Bjørn H. Samset
In this edition of Bok i parken we are visited by researcher and research facilitator Bjørn H. Samset. In his latest book, Samset has addressed light. This evening we are also joined by Line Nybakken, professor at the Faculty of Environmental Science and Nature Management at NMBU and Askild Lorentz Holck, senior researcher at Nofima.
Join us for an entertaining and informative conversation with the authors about their books. The conversation will be led by Vitenparken's Elise Matilde Lund. The café will be open.
Light – a story about the rainbow and the northern lights, the flames and fireflies, and man's struggle to hold back the darkness
What is light? When we turn on a lamp in the dark and suddenly can "see", what is really happening? The study of light has characterized the history of science from the ancient Greeks to the present day. And there is still a great deal we do not know. In this book you will get the story of light in its many forms - as a phenomenon in nature and as a prerequisite for human existence. You will see the colors in all their glory and get to know how nature itself makes light, from fire to fireflies. You will encounter darkness, which plays a more important role for us than many realize. And you will see how light has been our best teacher in how nature works, both on our own earth and far out in the deep universe.
Bjørn H. Samset (born 1977) is a physicist, climate scientist and research communicator. He is employed as Research Director at Cicero where he studies precipitation and atmospheric aerosols in a changing climate, mainly through climate modeling. He has previously published the book The Secret Particles: How the World is Screwed Up by Universitetsforlaget (2013).
Line Nybakken is a professor at the Faculty of Environmental Science and Nature Management at NMBU. Her main research interest is chemical ecology in boreal forests. Line has worked extensively on environmental changes, including elevated levels of temperature, CO2, ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, and light intensity. In recent years, Line has also been involved in projects that look at the effects of light quality and temperature on the seasonal rhythms of trees.
Askild Lorentz Holck is a senior researcher at the food research institute Nofima, where he conducts research on how UV light kills unwanted bacteria on chicken and eggs. In the project "Pathogens in the food chain", several researchers at Nofima and collaborating institutes have investigated what is needed to avoid and reduce the level of dangerous bacteria in food.
End date
11/29/2018
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In this edition of Bok i parken we are visited by researcher and research facilitator Bjørn H. Samset. In his latest book, Samset has addressed light.
Photo: Spartacus/R. Solér. -
Line Nybakken, professor at the Faculty of Environmental Science and Nature Management at NMBU.
Photo: NMBU. -
Askild Lorentz Holck, senior researcher at Nofima.
Photo: Nofima.