EinsteinFest - 2005
EinsteinFest
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2005
In honour of the hundredth anniversary of Einstein\'s \'miraculous year\', I will describe the modern view of space and time. I will start with special relativity, then describe how space and time are modified in Einstein\'s general theory of relativity, and end with recent ideas coming out of string theory. In all cases, the view of space and time arising from modern physics is radically different from our everyday experience, yet many of their strange properties have already been confirmed by experiment.
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Sunday Oct 23, 2005Speaker(s):
Artur Ekert, quanta, cipher, computers, secure communication, cryptography, permutations, substitution, quantum, spooky action, entanglement, Schrodinger, quantum theory Collection/Series:
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Sunday Oct 23, 2005
Howard Burton, John Stachel, Artur Ekert, Gary Horowitz, unifying, quantum field theory, superstring theory, unification, symmetry of nature, electromagnetism, gravity, Einstein, quantum, many worlds, quantum mechanics, Higgs particle,supersymmetry, quantum computers Collection/Series:
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Sunday Oct 23, 2005Speaker(s):
It is well known that Einstein worked to develop a unified field theory that would encompass all of physics including (he hoped) all quantum phenomena. It is not so well known that there was \'another Einstein,\' who from 1916 on was skeptical about the continuum as a foundational element in physics, especially because of the existence of quantum phenomena.
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Saturday Oct 22, 2005Speaker(s):
Could the laws of physics change? The laws of physics are usually meant to be set in stone; variability is not usually part of physics. Yet contradicting Einstein\'s tenet of the constancy of the speed of light raises nothing less than that possibility. I will discuss some of the more dramatic implications of a varying speed of light.
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Saturday Oct 22, 2005Speaker(s):
Howard Burton, the Executive Director and chief architect of Perimeter Institute, describes the process and pitfalls of constructing a home for budding Einsteins from scratch in Waterloo.
Einstein factory, Howard Burton, Perimeter Institute, Einstein, sociological factors, Mike Lazardis, IAS, research, culture, making a difference, government support, Collection/Series:
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Monday Oct 17, 2005
The most important scientist of the twentieth century, and its most important artist, went through their periods of greatest creativity almost simultaneously and in remarkably similar circumstances: Einstein\'s special theory of relativity and Picasso\'s Les Demoiselles d\'Avignon. It turns out they were both working on the same problem: the nature of space and time and, more particularly, simultaneity.
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Sunday Oct 16, 2005
Robert Schulmann, Howard Burton, John Dawson, Einstein, moral engagement, Godel, causality, Jewish, anti-Semitism, philosophy, religion, humanitarian, Collection/Series:
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Sunday Oct 16, 2005
Robert Schulmann, Howard Burton, John Dawson, Einstein, moral engagement, Godel, causality, Jewish, anti-Semitism, philosophy, religion, humanitarian, Collection/Series:
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Sunday Oct 16, 2005
Robert Schulmann, Howard Burton, John Dawson, Einstein, moral engagement, Godel, causality, Jewish, anti-Semitism, philosophy, religion, humanitarian, Collection/Series:
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