Bard Hosts Quantum Gravity Summer School for Students and Scholars from U.S. and Abroad
With Public Lecture “What Is Time?” by Carlo Rovelli, World-Renowned Scientist and Best-Selling Author, on Thursday, June 13
The Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity takes place from June 9 to June 16. Fifty-two students from more than 20 countries will participate, plus Bard College students on campus for the Summer Research Institute. This program for undergraduate and graduate students features canonical and covariant approaches to quantum gravity and quantum cosmology. One unique feature of the program is an afternoon computing lab in which students learn a computational technique in cosmology or one in quantum gravity from scratch.
The Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity provides free tuition and housing on the Bard College campus. The school received generous support from the Center for Gravitation and the Cosmos at Pennsylvania State University; the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; the University of Waterloo; the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College; the Dean of Bard College; and the Bard Physics Program.
The eight faculty members are scholars at the top of their fields: Ivan Agullo, Louisiana State University; Boris Bolliet, Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester; Pietro Doná, Pennsylvania State University; Edward Wilson-Ewing, University of New Brunswick; Maïté Dupuis, University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Laurent Freidel, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Théorique, Aix-Marseille Université and Université de Toulon; and Sebastian Steinhaus, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Carlo Rovelli, world-renowned scientist and best-selling author, will give a public lecture, “What Is Time?,” in Olin Hall on Thursday, June 13, at 7:00 p.m. as part of the weeklong program. Rovelli is a member of the faculty at Centre de Physique Théorique de Aix-Marseille Université et Université de Toulon, France. Rovelli writes of his upcoming lecture:
The Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity provides free tuition and housing on the Bard College campus. The school received generous support from the Center for Gravitation and the Cosmos at Pennsylvania State University; the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; the University of Waterloo; the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Computing at Bard College; the Dean of Bard College; and the Bard Physics Program.
The eight faculty members are scholars at the top of their fields: Ivan Agullo, Louisiana State University; Boris Bolliet, Jodrell Bank Center for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester; Pietro Doná, Pennsylvania State University; Edward Wilson-Ewing, University of New Brunswick; Maïté Dupuis, University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Laurent Freidel, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics; Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Théorique, Aix-Marseille Université and Université de Toulon; and Sebastian Steinhaus, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Carlo Rovelli, world-renowned scientist and best-selling author, will give a public lecture, “What Is Time?,” in Olin Hall on Thursday, June 13, at 7:00 p.m. as part of the weeklong program. Rovelli is a member of the faculty at Centre de Physique Théorique de Aix-Marseille Université et Université de Toulon, France. Rovelli writes of his upcoming lecture:
Time is a mystery that does not cease to puzzle us. Philosophers, artists and poets have long explored its meaning while scientists have found that its structure is different from the simple intuition we have of it. From Boltzmann to quantum theory, from Einstein to loop quantum gravity, our understanding of time has been undergoing radical transformations. Time flows at a different speed in different places, the past and the future differ far less than we might think, and the very notion of the present evaporates in the vast universe.The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. Reserve a seat by emailing Hal Haggard ([email protected]). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. This event is sponsored by the Physics Program.
— Further Reading —
Jim Bardeen, Hal Haggard, and Carlo Rovelli, faculty members in the Bard Summer School on Quantum Gravity, weigh in on “White Holes: Black Holes’ Neglected Twins,” in Space.Post Date: 06-09-2019