Public Lecture Series

150 talks

C04001

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The Big Bang

Simon Singh British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)

November 02, 2005

PIRSA:05110002
Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein's Theories Survive Today's Scientific Scrutiny?

Howard Burton

October 05, 2005

PIRSA:05100012
Einstein - Relativity and Beyond
- Howard Burton
- Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- John Moffat Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- John Stachel
August 12, 2005

PIRSA:05080008
The Superstring Adventure

Robert Myers Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

June 24, 2005

PIRSA:05060110
Audience Night
- Laurent Freidel Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Joseph Emerson Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- Thomas Thiemann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Rafael Sorkin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Cliff Burgess McMaster University
- Christian Romelsberger Apple Inc.
June 01, 2005

PIRSA:05060057
The Quest for Supersymmetry

Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)

April 06, 2005

PIRSA:05040046
From Einstein to Quantum Information

Anton Zeilinger Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna

March 02, 2005

PIRSA:05030082
The Black Hole Wars

Leonard Susskind Stanford University

February 02, 2005

PIRSA:05020004
The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the church and the cosmos

David Lindberg University of Wisconsin–Madison

January 05, 2005

PIRSA:05010001
Harnessing the Quantum World

Raymond Laflamme Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

December 02, 2004

PIRSA:04120002
Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

James Robert Brown University of Toronto

November 03, 2004

PIRSA:04110002
The Stability of the Solar System

Scott Tremaine Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)

June 02, 2004

PIRSA:04060000

The Big Bang

Simon Singh British Broadcasting Corporation (United Kingdom)

November 02, 2005

PIRSA:05110002

Simon Singh grew up in Somerset, and completed his undergraduate work at Imperial College London, and his Ph.D. at Cambridge University and CERN. He has worked with the BBCs Science Department since 1990. In 1996, Singh directed the award-winning documentary Fermats Last Theorem. The documentary was also nominated for an Emmy under the American title The Proof. He is the author of three books, most recently, the Big Bang, a history of cosmology. big bang, Simon Singh, cosmology, universe, galaxies, Hubble, Doppler effect, steady state universe, microwaves, radio astronomy
Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein's Theories Survive Today's Scientific Scrutiny?

Howard Burton

October 05, 2005

PIRSA:05100012

How has the most celebrated scientific theory of the 20th century held up under the exacting scrutiny of planetary probes, radio telescopes and atomic clocks? After 100 years, was Einstein right? Clifford Will, Einstein, general relativity, spacetime, gravity wave, mercury perihelion, light, radioastronomy, gravititational lenses, quasars, pulsar
Einstein - Relativity and Beyond
- Howard Burton
- Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- John Moffat Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- John Stachel
August 12, 2005

PIRSA:05080008

Einsteins profound ideas about relativity and the quantum have provided generations of people with some of the most thought-provoking concepts ever proposed about the wonders and mysteries of our universe. This lively panel discussion will examine Einsteins enormous contributions to our understanding. Relativity, Smolin, Stachel, Moffat, Einstein, relativity theory, revolutionary, quantum, Planck, unified field theory, social impact, scientific revolution, physics, history
The Superstring Adventure

Robert Myers Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

June 24, 2005

PIRSA:05060110
Audience Night
- Laurent Freidel Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Joseph Emerson Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)
- Thomas Thiemann University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
- Rafael Sorkin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Cliff Burgess McMaster University
- Christian Romelsberger Apple Inc.
June 01, 2005

PIRSA:05060057

The final part of the 04-05 Public Events series turns the spotlight on you. Its your chance to ask a panel of Perimeter researchers for their thoughts on a wide variety of scientific topics. Heisenberg, uncertainty principle, discrete theory, space-time, Thiemann, quantum, relativity, special relativity, quantum theory, Emerson, coherent superpostions, Shrodinger, Sorkin, clock, Freidel, gravity, Romelsberger, Burgess, Einstein, string theory, quantum entanglement
The Quest for Supersymmetry

Edward Witten Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)

April 06, 2005

PIRSA:05040046

Edward Witten is one of the worlds preeminent string theorists. Among his many accomplishments, he is widely known for showing how five different variations of string theory all belong within a single framework. His awards range from a MacArthur \'genius grant\' to the Fields Medal - the highest honour in the world of mathematics. Professor Witten will examine key discoveries made by physicists in the 20th century such as the detection of antimatter. He will then describe how many of todays leading scientists are working at the high energy frontier of elementary particle accelerators in their quest to uncover the quantum structures of space and time. supersymmetry, Edward Witten, particle physics, quantum mechanics, waves, Rutherford, antimatter, antiparticle, quantum uncertainty principle, accelerator, space-time
From Einstein to Quantum Information

Anton Zeilinger Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna

March 02, 2005

PIRSA:05030082

Anton Zeilinger, a renowned physicist who successfully teleported light particles, will explain how quantum properties are used today to process and transmit information. Anton Zeilinger, Einstein, quantum information, quantum physics, entanglement, cryptography, quantum mechanics, teleportation, quantum computer
The Black Hole Wars

Leonard Susskind Stanford University

February 02, 2005

PIRSA:05020004

The strange paradoxes and puzzles of the quantum behaviour of black holes and the things that fall into them led to a spirited battle of ideas between Stephen Hawking, Leonard Susskind and other scientists. Resolving the debate may change our entire understanding of space, time, matter and information is the entire world, for example, a quantum hologram? black hole, Leonard Susskind, space-time, Einstein, Hawking, complementarity, uncertainty principle, holographic principle, string theory,
The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the church and the cosmos

David Lindberg University of Wisconsin–Madison

January 05, 2005

PIRSA:05010001

Galileos campaign on behalf of the modern view of the solar system is one of the most dramatic events in the history of relations between Christianity and science endlessly portrayed as a battle between theological interests and scientific freedom. But this traditional story is filled with factual errors. And when human fears, rivalries, revenge and the like are taken into account, the story takes on an altogether different cast. In Professor Lindbergs retelling, the ideological side of the story will be balanced with its richness as a human event. Florentine Heretic, Galileo, church, cosmos, religion, science, theology, geocentric, heliocentric, astronomy
Harnessing the Quantum World

Raymond Laflamme Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC)

December 02, 2004

PIRSA:04120002

Are you ready for this upgrade? The very foundation of computer science is changing. As Moore\'s Law draws to a close, rules of quantum physics are taking over. Learn how leading researchers are using counterintuitive effects, such as superposition, in their quest to build ultra-powerful quantum computers. You\'ll see how quantum particles behave, are controlled and, ultimately, used to calculate. quantum world, Raymond Laflamme, quantum mechanics, quantum information, quantum computing, information processing, Moore\'s Law, quantum scale, complexity theory, cryptography, qubits, quantum bits, quantum states, nuclear magnetic resonance, Turing
Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

James Robert Brown University of Toronto

November 03, 2004

PIRSA:04110002

Do you have to see it to believe it? James Robert Brown, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, will discuss the highly interesting but controversial topic of the legitimate role of visual thinking in mathematics and science. Examples of picture proofs and thought experiments will be given. An explanation of how they work will be sketched. Proof, pictures, James Brown, axioms, sketches, experiment, Barwise, Godel, isomorphc homomorphic, intuitions, continuum hypothesis, refutation
The Stability of the Solar System

Scott Tremaine Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)

June 02, 2004

PIRSA:04060000

For over three hundred years, physicists and mathematicians have been trying to understand how stable the Earth really is. Could gravitational forces from other planets lead to drastic changes in Earths orbit? Will we collide with other planets or be ejected into interstellar space? stability, solar systems, Scott Tremaine, Copernicus, Copernican principle, Kepler, Newton, motion, gravity, N-Body, dynamical system, Laplace, round off error, gravitational microlensing, MOSTorbit, chaos

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Talk Type	Info
The Big Bang	Simon Singh	2005-11-02	Public Lectures	View details
Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein's Theories Survive Today's Scientific Scrutiny?	Howard Burton	2005-10-05		View details
Einstein - Relativity and Beyond	Howard Burton, Lee Smolin, John Moffat, John Stachel	2005-08-12	Public Lectures	View details
The Superstring Adventure	Robert Myers	2005-06-24	Public Lectures	View details
Audience Night	Laurent Freidel, Joseph Emerson, Thomas Thiemann, Rafael Sorkin, Cliff Burgess, Christian Romelsberger	2005-06-01	Public Lectures	View details
The Quest for Supersymmetry	Edward Witten	2005-04-06	Public Lectures	View details
From Einstein to Quantum Information	Anton Zeilinger	2005-03-02	Public Lectures	View details
The Black Hole Wars	Leonard Susskind	2005-02-02	Public Lectures	View details
The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the church and the cosmos	David Lindberg	2005-01-05	Public Lectures	View details
Harnessing the Quantum World	Raymond Laflamme	2004-12-02	Public Lectures	View details
Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning	James Robert Brown	2004-11-03	Public Lectures	View details
The Stability of the Solar System	Scott Tremaine	2004-06-02	Public Lectures	View details

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The Big Bang

Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein's Theories Survive Today's Scientific Scrutiny?

Einstein - Relativity and Beyond

The Superstring Adventure

Audience Night

The Quest for Supersymmetry

From Einstein to Quantum Information

The Black Hole Wars

The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the church and the cosmos

Harnessing the Quantum World

Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

The Stability of the Solar System

The Big Bang

Was Einstein Right? Can Einstein's Theories Survive Today's Scientific Scrutiny?

Einstein - Relativity and Beyond

The Superstring Adventure

Audience Night

The Quest for Supersymmetry

From Einstein to Quantum Information

The Black Hole Wars

The Florentine Heretic? Galileo, the church and the cosmos

Harnessing the Quantum World

Proofs and Pictures: The Role of Visualization in Mathematical and Scientific Reasoning

The Stability of the Solar System