Date:
Sun, 25/06/201718:00-19:00
Location:
Engineering Auditorium, Rothberg building, Edmond J. Safra campus, Jerusalem
Lecturer: Prof. Stephen Shenker
Affiliation: Stanford University
Abstract:
Sometimes progress in science comes from finding new connections between fields previously thought to be quite distinct. In this lecture we will discuss, at a non-technical level, a connection uncovered in recent years between three deep concepts in physics: chaos, a property of physical systems, for example the weather, that makes their future behavior extremely difficult to predict; quantum mechanics, the basic framework for all known physical laws; and black holes, one of the most dramatic consequences of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Professor Shenker is a leading scientist in the study of the fundamental laws of nature and a former head of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. The lecture is intended for all members of the Faculty of Science and for science enthusiasts among the general public. Please see the attached poster.
Affiliation: Stanford University
Abstract:
Sometimes progress in science comes from finding new connections between fields previously thought to be quite distinct. In this lecture we will discuss, at a non-technical level, a connection uncovered in recent years between three deep concepts in physics: chaos, a property of physical systems, for example the weather, that makes their future behavior extremely difficult to predict; quantum mechanics, the basic framework for all known physical laws; and black holes, one of the most dramatic consequences of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
Professor Shenker is a leading scientist in the study of the fundamental laws of nature and a former head of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. The lecture is intended for all members of the Faculty of Science and for science enthusiasts among the general public. Please see the attached poster.