WATERLOO, ON, December 17, 2007 - A recent panel discussion about ‘The Physics of Information’ from Canada’s Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (PI), will air across Canada on CBC’s ‘Quirks and Quarks’ radio program. The Public Lecture will be broadcast via CBC Radio One on Saturday, January 5th from 12:06 to 1:00pm.

The program includes four top scientists who gathered in Waterloo, Ontario, in early December to hold a discussion for general audiences about the very essence of information and how this might inspire fruitful new approaches to some of the hardest problems in modern physics. Over 600 people attended to learn how a greater appreciation of information relates to the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, the beginning of the universe and our understanding of black holes.  The insights were surprising, enlightening and even controversial. Panel members include:

Leonard Susskind, Stanford University and Perimeter Institute Associate Member	Seth Lloyd, MIT and author of Programming the Universe	Chris Fuchs, Perimeter Institute Long Term Visitor	Anthony Leggett, University of Illinois, Nobel laureate, and PI Scientific Advisory Committee Member

The host of the discussion is the CBC’s Bob McDonald, one of Canada’s best known science journalists.  McDonald has an extensive history in science communication - having hosted numerous broadcasts including Quirks and Quarks, Wonderstruck, and providing ongoing reports for CBC Television’s ‘The National’.  He has also written for the Globe and Mail, has authored popular science books and he is the recipient of Canada’s top science communication awards.

For full details on this lecture, including panel member bios, click here.

About Quirks and Quarks
Quirks & Quarks is one of CBC Radio’s most respected and popular programs.  The weekly broadcast has been on the air for more than 30 years, has garnered over 70 national and international awards, and reaches a national audience of nearly 500,000 people. Click here for more information. 

About Perimeter Institute
Canada's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics is an independent, non-profit, scientific research and educational outreach organization where international scientists cluster to push the limits of our understanding of physical laws and calculate new ideas about the very essence of space, time, matter and information.  The award-winning research centre provides a multi-disciplinary environment to foster research in areas of Cosmology, Particle Physics, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information and Superstring Theory. The Institute, located in Waterloo, Ontario, also provides a wide array of educational outreach activities for students, teachers and members of the general public across the country and beyond in order to share the joy of scientific research, discovery and innovation.

For additional information about this and other events, contact John Matlock, Director of External Relations and Outreach.