The Voices of Culture Presents Award-Winning Physicist Lee Smolin
The Voices of Culture at the University of Arizona presents award winning physicist Lee Smolin of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics for a virtual talk on Tuesday, Nov. 30. Smolin is a theoretical physicist who has done most of his work on quantum gravity. He has co-founded a number of approaches including loop quantum gravity and relative locality. Named one of the top "100 world thinkers" by Prospect Magazine in 2015, his books include "Einstein's Unfinished Revolution: The Search for What Lies Beyond the Quantum" and "Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe."
"A World in Time: A Universe Made Up of Views of its Past."
Musical prelude by Fred Fox School of Music faculty members Tim Kantor & Fanya Lin
Featured Performance: "Lili Boulanger, D'un matin de printemps."
Schedule:
- 4:30 p.m. – Zoom portal opens
- 4:40 p.m. – Musical prelude
- 5 p.m. – Introduction
- 5:10 p.m.– Talk begins
- 5:45 p.m. – Q&A
- 6 p.m. – Closing music