Physics Program Presents
Proving Einstein Wrong: The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics
Friday, October 7, 2022
Hegeman 107
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Paul Cadden-Zimansky, Associate Professor of Physics
This year's Nobel Prize in physics was awarded jointly to John Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger for their pioneering work testing some of the more surprising predictions of quantum mechanics and helping to establish the burgeoning field of quantum information. In this talk, aimed at a general audience, I'll discuss the 100-year history of a philosophical conundrum about the nature of reality, debated by Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein, that the laureates resolved experimentally. Along the way, we'll see how political exiles, social outcasts, bankrupt science journals, and scavenged lab equipment all contributed to laying the groundwork for a "second quantum revolution" that's currently underway.For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Hegeman 107