PERIMETER INSTITUTE RECORDED SEMINAR ARCHIVE
 | The dynamics of diversity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: I describe recent progress on a program of research aimed at finding a simultaneous completion of quantum mechanics and general relativity, while also addressing the question of how the universe chose its effective laws out of a vast landscape of possible laws. This is based on ... read more
Date: 17/03/2021 - 2:00 pm
Series: Colloquium
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 | The dynamics of difference Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: A proposal is made for a fundamental theory, in which the history of the universe is constituted of views of itself. Views are attributes of events, and the theory's only be-ables; they comprise information about energy and momentum transferred to an event from its causal past.&a... read more
Date: 20/11/2020 - 2:00 pm
Series: Quantum Foundations
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 | The search for quantum gravity: where are we, where do we go from here? Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 16/01/2020 - 2:30 pm
Series: Quantum Gravity
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 | Two views of relative locality Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Relative locality is a quantum gravity phenomenon in which whether an event is local or not-and the degree of non-locality-is dependent on the position and motion of the observer, as well as on the energy of the observer’s probes. It was first discovered and studied, beginning in 2010, in a limi... read more
Date: 11/12/2019 - 11:20 am
Collection: Indefinite Causal Structure
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 | The dynamics of difference Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: A proposal is made for a fundamental theory, which is hypothesized to be a completion of both quantum mechanics and general relativity, in which the history of the universe is constituted of diverse views of itself. Views are attributes of events, and the theory’s only be-ables; they comprise info... read more
Date: 18/11/2019 - 2:00 pm
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 | Lee Smolin, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Quantum physics is the golden child of modern science. It is the basis of our understanding of atoms, radiation, and so much else - from elementary particles and basic forces to the behaviour of materials. But for a century it has also been the problem child of science: it has been plagued by intens... read more
Date: 17/04/2019 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Perimeter Public Lectures
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 | Natural dynamics of the cosmological constant Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: We consider a natural extension of general relativity, by the addition of a term which is a topological invariant when the cosmological constant is in fact constant. Allowing the cosmological constant to vary, we discover it is endowed with a natural dynamics, which also includes a mechani... read more
Date: 15/11/2018 - 2:30 pm
Series: Quantum Gravity
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 | Discussion Session 6 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 28/06/2017 - 4:00 pm
Collection: Bounce Scenarios in Cosmology
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 | Shape dynamics in terms of connection variables Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 16/05/2017 - 4:00 pm
Collection: Shape Dynamics Workshop
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 | Quantum mechanics and the principle of maximal variety Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 23/06/2016 - 11:45 am
Collection: Concepts and Paradoxes in a Quantum Universe
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 | Dynamics of the cosmological constant and Newton’s constant Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 26/06/2015 - 2:45 pm
Collection: [email protected] - A Shape Dynamics Workshop
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 | Quantum mechanics from first principles Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Quantum mechanics is derived from the principle that the universe contain as much variety as possible, in the sense of maximizing the distinctiveness of each subsystem. This is an expression of Leibniz's principles of sufficient reason and the identity of the indiscernible.
The quantum state of ... read more
Date: 12/05/2015 - 2:00 pm
Collection: Information Theoretic Foundations for Physics
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 | Positive Energy in Quantum Gravity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 21/05/2014 - 6:00 pm
Collection: Quantum Gravity Day 2014
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 | What are the most pressing open questions in the application of the RG to gravity? Speaker(s): Lee Smolin, Simone Speziale
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Date: 22/04/2014 - 4:50 pm
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 | Time, cosmology and quantum foundations Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: I argue that quantum mechanics cannot usefully be extended to a theory of the whole universe, so the task of quantum foundations is to discover that cosmological theory which reduces to quantum mechanics when restricted to small subsystems of the universe. I argue that that cosmo... read more
Date: 31/05/2013 - 11:00 am
Collection: The Quantum Landscape 2013
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 | Time Reborn Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: What is time? Is our perception of time passing an illusion which hides a deeper, timeless reality? Or is it real, indeed, the most real aspect of our experience of the world? Einstein said that "the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly per... read more
Date: 03/04/2013 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Perimeter Public Lectures
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 | The universe as a process of unique events Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 26/02/2013 - 3:30 pm
Series: Quantum Foundations
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 | Quantum Gravity and the Weak Interactions Speaker(s): Stephon Alexander, Dejan Stojkovic, Xavier Calmet, Doug Gingrich, Daniel Litim, Lee Smolin
Abstract: Quantum Gravity and the Weak Interactions__________________________________Non-thermal quantum black holesMotivated by the lack of evidence for physics beyond the Standard Model in the TeV region, we discussed an alternative path for grand unification. We show that simple grand unification models ba... read more
Date: 25/10/2012 - 10:20 am
Collection: Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity 2012
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 | Does Time Emerge from Timeless Laws, or do Laws of Nature Emerge in Time? Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The history of physics, from Galileo's spatialization of time to Einstein's block universe, and on to Julian Barbour's timeless quantum cosmology, tells a story by which time is demoted from a fundamental aspect of experience to an emergent illusion in a world held to be fundamentally timeless. The ... read more
Date: 28/10/2011 - 3:00 pm
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 | The Intersection of the Arts and Science Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 14/10/2011 - 11:00 am
Collection: Conceptual Gems of Theoretical Physics
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 | Researcher Presentation: Lee Smolin Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 12/10/2011 - 3:30 pm
Collection: 11/12 PSI - Researcher Presentations
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 | Informal Chalk and Talk Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Dr. Smolin is a faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and author of several books including most recently
Date: 04/08/2011 - 10:30 am
Series: Colloquium
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 | A real ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: A new ensemble interpretation of quantum mechanics is proposed according to which the ensemble associated to a quantum state really exists: it is the ensemble of all the systems in the same quantum state in the universe. Individual systems within the ensemble have microscopic states, described by be... read more
Date: 03/05/2011 - 4:00 pm
Series: Quantum Foundations
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 | The principle of relative locality Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Several current experiments probe physics in the approximation in which Planck's constant and Newton's constant may be neglected, but, the Planck mass, is relevant. These include tests of the symmetry of the ground state of quantum gravity such as time delays in photons of different energies from ga... read more
Date: 23/02/2011 - 2:00 pm
Series: Colloquium
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 | How does Technological Innovation Happen? A conversation with W. Brian Arthur on The Nature of Technology.
Abstract: More than any thing else technology creates our world. It creates our wealth, our economy, our very way of being," says W. Brian Arthur. Yet, until now major questions related to the evolution of technology have gone unanswered. Where do new technologies come from -- how exactly does invent... read more
Date: 10/02/2011 - 4:00 pm
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 | Lee Smolin on Quantum Gravity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Dr. Smolin a faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and author of several books including most recently
Date: 22/07/2010 - 10:30 am
Collection: ISSYP 2010
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 | Laws and time in cosmology Speaker(s): Lee Smolin, Roberto Mangabeira Unger
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Date: 20/05/2010 - 3:10 pm
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 | Asymptotic safety and deformed symmetry Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 06/11/2009 - 9:30 am
Collection: Asymptotic Safety-30 Years After - 2009
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 | Seeing Science Through Fiction
Abstract: You've heard the physicists speculate on parallel universes, space travel, and time travel. Now come and hear a physicist interview the real experts in these subjects: a bestselling science fiction writer and pioneer of virtual reality discuss what you get when you look at science through fiction.
Date: 18/10/2009 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009
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 | Informal Chalk and Talk Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Dr. Smolin is a faculty member at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics and author of several books including most recently “The Trouble with Physics”. He is known for devising several different approaches to quantum gravity, in particular, loop quantum gravity. His research interests incl... read more
Date: 12/08/2009 - 1:00 pm
Collection: ISSYP 2009
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 | Reconstructing quantum theory from Brownian motion: an assessment Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: TBA
Date: 11/08/2009 - 4:30 pm
Collection: Reconstructing Quantum Theory - 2009
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 | Plebanski formulation / Ashtekar variables Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 08/07/2009 - 2:00 pm
Series: Cosmology & Gravitation
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 | The quantization of unimodular gravity and the cosmological constant problem Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: TBA
Date: 27/05/2009 - 4:30 pm
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 | On the reality of time and the evolution of laws Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: There are a number of arguments in the philosophical, physical and cosmological literatures for the thesis that time is not fundamental to the description of nature. According to this view, time should be only an approximate notion which emerges from a more fundamental, timeless description only in ... read more
Date: 02/10/2008 - 11:45 am
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 | Science as an ethical community Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: I develop the idea that science works because scientists form communities defined by a set of ethical principles which, even if imperfectly applied, tend to lead to progress in our understanding of nature. While these communities have long been international, the combination of the internet with che... read more
Date: 10/09/2008 - 3:30 pm
Collection: Science in the 21st Century - 2008
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 | How to Make Testable Multiverse Theories Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 04/09/2008 - 2:00 pm
Collection: A Debate in Cosmology:The Multiverse - 2008
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 | Quantum Gravity and the Quest for Unification Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Arguably, the most important issue in physics today is trying to unify the twin pillars of modern physics, quantum theory and general relativity, into a single theory known as quantum gravity. This introductory presentation will discuss various aspects of quantum gravity.
Date: 15/07/2008 - 1:30 am
Collection: EinsteinPlus 2008
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 12B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 02/04/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 12A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 02/04/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 11B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 26/03/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 11A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 26/03/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 10A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 19/03/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 9B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 12/03/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 9A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 12/03/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 8B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 05/03/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 8A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 05/03/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 7B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 27/02/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 7A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 27/02/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 6D Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 20/02/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 6C Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 20/02/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 6B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 13/02/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 6A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 13/02/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 5B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 06/02/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 5A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 06/02/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 4A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 30/01/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 3B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 23/01/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 3A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 23/01/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 2B Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 16/01/2008 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 2A Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 16/01/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Special Topics in Physics - Lecture 1 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: The Problem of Time in Quantum Gravity and Cosmology
Date: 09/01/2008 - 7:00 pm
Collection: Special Topics in Physics
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 | Summary Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 09/11/2007 - 11:15 am
Collection: Experimental Search for Quantum Gravity 2007
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 | Quantum foundations in the light of quantum gravity (Part 1B) Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 31/08/2007 - 4:30 pm
Collection: Quantum Foundations Summer School - 2007
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 | Quantum foundations in the light of quantum gravity (Part 1A) Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 31/08/2007 - 3:15 pm
Collection: Quantum Foundations Summer School - 2007
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 | The Nature of Space and Time Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: An autobiographical story of how Prof. Lee Smolin got interested in theoretical physics, followed by a broad and deep introduction to what Einstein did.
Date: 01/08/2007 - 1:00 pm
Collection: ISSYP 2007
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 | Could quantum mechanics be an approximation to another, cosmological, theory? Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: We consider the hypothesis that quantum mechanics is an approximation to another, cosmological theory, accurate only for the description of subsystems of the universe. Quantum theory is then to be derived from the cosmological theory by averaging over variables which are not internal to the subsyste... read more
Date: 11/10/2006 - 2:00 am
Series: Colloquium
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 | Insights from background independent approaches to quantum gravity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 05/09/2006 - 4:00 pm
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 | Dark Matter with Lee Smolin Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: A personal reflection on why Prof. Smolin became a scientist, and what life as a scientist is like, followed by an introduction to the mystery of dark matter.
Date: 09/08/2006 - 10:40 am
Collection: ISSYP 2006
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 | ISSYP 2006a - Keynote Presentation Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
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Date: 27/07/2006 - 10:40 am
Collection: ISSYP 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 25 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 12/04/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 24 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 12/04/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 18 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 22/03/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 17 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 22/03/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 16 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 15/03/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 15 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 15/03/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 14 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 08/03/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 13 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 08/03/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 12 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 28/02/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 11 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 28/02/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 10 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 15/02/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 9 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 15/02/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 8 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 08/02/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 7 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 08/02/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 6 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 01/02/2006 - 8:00 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 5 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 01/02/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 4 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 26/01/2006 - 8:10 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 3 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 26/01/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity - Part 2 Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 18/01/2006 - 8:10 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Introduction to quantum gravity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: This is an introduction to background independent quantum theories of
gravity, with a focus on loop quantum gravity and related approaches.
Basic texts:
-Quantum Gravity, by Carlo Rovelli, Cambridge University Press 2005 -Quantum gravityy with a positive cosmological constant, Lee Smolin, ... read more
Date: 18/01/2006 - 6:30 pm
Collection: Introduction to Quantum Gravity - 2006
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 24 - Criteria for emergence Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Causality in biology;
Emergence of physical laws; Holes in configuration space and ontology; Self-reproducing entities. Date: 16/08/2005 - 5:45 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 22 - End of the day Speaker(s): Lee Smolin, Jaron Lanier
Abstract: Concluding remarks by Jaron Lanier and Lee Smolin.
Date: 16/08/2005 - 5:15 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 19 - Introductory comments about the nature of time and causality
Abstract: Fotini Markopoulou, Stuart Kauffman and Lee Smolin make individual statements and briefly discuss the matter.
Date: 16/08/2005 - 4:30 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 18 - Miscellaneous statements and discussions Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Expected things that have not happened in physics, computer science, social science, biology and limits on what is expected;
The existence of rules at very small physical scales; Similarity and time; Date: 16/08/2005 - 4:15 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 17 - Equilibrium states and Operas in the Universe Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Equilibrium in software models; Equilibrium in biology; How may systems come out of equilibrium; The question of a system's environment; Can a physical theory be based on the existence of advanced human society? What kind of environments are more likely to create the conditions under which emergency... read more
Date: 16/08/2005 - 4:00 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 16 - Follow up comments and discussions. Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Information in biology;
Computer models; Software; Self-evolving systems. Date: 16/08/2005 - 3:45 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 10 - Summary by Lee Smolin Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Lee Smolin sums up the opening statements and makes an outline of topics to be discussed;
Suggestions, clarifications and debates among the discussants. Date: 16/08/2005 - 2:15 pm
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 | Evolving Laws: Chapter 1 - Introduction by Lee Smolin Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: Lee Smolin explains the motivation behind the seminar, introduces the discussants and lays out the format of the meeting.
Date: 16/08/2005 - 12:00 pm
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 | Einstein - Relativity and Beyond
Abstract: 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 understa... read more
Date: 12/08/2005 - 12:35 pm
Collection: Perimeter Public Lectures
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 | Keynote Address: Relationalism in Physics and Cosmology Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: I explain what physicists mean when they say that space and time may be
relational and discuss the extent to which different of the contemporary
attempts at quantum gravity satisfy this criteria. I then discuss how
the current debates between advocates of background dependent and
background inde... read more
Date: 03/03/2005 - 4:00 pm
Collection: 2005 Waterloo PGSA Conference
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 | Physics From Loop Quantum Gravity Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract:
Date: 31/10/2004 - 5:20 pm
Series: Quantum Gravity
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 | Nature of Science (2) Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract:
Date: 25/08/2004 - 10:45 am
Collection: ISSYP 2004
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 | Nature of Science Speaker(s): Lee Smolin
Abstract: A personal reflection on some fascinating scientific questions that worry Prof. Smolin.
Date: 25/08/2004 - 9:00 am
Collection: ISSYP 2004
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