Meet a Scientist

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March 04, 2012

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Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward Witten

Edward Witten
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100206
Quantum Fields and Strings
Meet a Scientist - Paul Steinhardt

January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100204
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Frank Wilczek

Frank Wilczek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Theoretical Physics
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100205
Particle Physics
Meet a Scientist - Sir Anthony Leggett

Anthony Leggett
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100202
Quantum Foundations
Meet a Scientist - Anton Zeilinger

Anton Zeilinger
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100208
Quantum Information
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward (Rocky) Kolb

Edward Kolb
University of Chicago
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100200
Cosmology
Meet a Scientist - Sir Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose
University of Oxford
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100203
Quantum Gravity
Meet a Scientist - Gerard Milburn

Gerard Milburn
University of Queensland
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100209
Quantum Information
Meet a Scientist - Jenann Ismael

Jenann Ismael
Columbia University
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100207
Quantum Foundations
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Bill Unruh

Bill Unruh
University of British Columbia
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100210
Quantum Gravity
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Roderich Tumulka
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100211
Quantum Foundations
Meet a Scientist - John Norton

John Norton
University of Pittsburgh
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09040063
Quantum Gravity

Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward Witten

Edward Witten
Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) - School of Natural Sciences (SNS)
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100206
Quantum Fields and Strings
String theory, the high energy frontier of elementary particle physics, grand unifications into a single framework, mathematical beauty and supersymmetries, and uncovering the quantum structures of space and time.
Meet a Scientist - Paul Steinhardt

January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100204

Big Bang cosmology, inflationary growth of the universe, seeds for the formation of galaxies and large-scale structure, dark energy and dark matter, and also “quasicrystals” - a new phase of solid matter with impossible symmetries.
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Frank Wilczek

Frank Wilczek
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Theoretical Physics
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100205
Particle Physics
Fundamental interactions between elementary particles, using deep ideas involving mathematical symmetry for restoring unity to the fundamental laws of nature (strong and weak nuclear forces, electromagnetism and gravity).
Meet a Scientist - Sir Anthony Leggett

Anthony Leggett
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100202
Quantum Foundations
Condensed matter systems at ultra low-temperature that show purely quantum phenomena – even on big scales (superfluidity, superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensates); measurements in the quantum world; probing the foundations of quantum theory.
Meet a Scientist - Anton Zeilinger

Anton Zeilinger
Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI) - Vienna
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100208
Quantum Information
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward (Rocky) Kolb

Edward Kolb
University of Chicago
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100200
Cosmology
Cosmology, in particular applying the physics of elementary particles to the extremely hot and violent conditions of the early universe, and exploring deep questions about the big bang, the fate of our universe, and the hope for intelligent life (here or elsewhere)
Meet a Scientist - Sir Roger Penrose

Roger Penrose
University of Oxford
January 27, 2009

PIRSA:09100203
Quantum Gravity
Many aspects of geometry, black holes, novel views on the evolution of the universe (was there something before the Big Bang?), the interplay and unification of general relativity and quantum physics, and science of consciousness.
Meet a Scientist - Gerard Milburn

Gerard Milburn
University of Queensland
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100209
Quantum Information
Achievable experimental systems in quantum and atomic optics, the effects of measurement and control on quantum systems, quantum technologies for processing information and quantum computation.
Meet a Scientist - Jenann Ismael

Jenann Ismael
Columbia University
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100207
Quantum Foundations
The nature of time, probability and quantum mechanics, philosophy of physics and metaphysics, especially issues involving the role of mathematical tools like symmetry in physics, and applying this formal apparatus to the philosophy of mind.
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Bill Unruh

Bill Unruh
University of British Columbia
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100210
Quantum Gravity
Quantum gravity, quantum processes in the early universe, evaporation of black holes, limits on the measurements made by real detectors (coupled to the environment), and with regards to mathematical problems, studying techniques rather than finding solutions.
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Roderich Tumulka
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09100211
Quantum Foundations
Removing the mystery from quantum mechanics, the Bohmian perspective – a way of describing the motion of quantum particles, and applying this to spacetime singularities (where gravity becomes infinite) like those inside a black hole.
Meet a Scientist - John Norton

John Norton
University of Pittsburgh
April 02, 2009

PIRSA:09040063
Quantum Gravity
Philosophy of physics, puzzles about the content and status of foundational principles – the logic of physicists’ basic assumptions, especially with regards to space and time, and the history of science, e.g. exactly how Einstein made his discoveries.

Title	Speaker(s)	Date	Info
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward Witten	Edward Witten	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Paul Steinhardt		2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Frank Wilczek	Frank Wilczek	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Sir Anthony Leggett	Anthony Leggett	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Anton Zeilinger	Anton Zeilinger	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Edward (Rocky) Kolb	Edward Kolb	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Sir Roger Penrose	Roger Penrose	2009-01-27	View details
Meet a Scientist - Gerard Milburn	Gerard Milburn	2009-04-02	View details
Meet a Scientist - Jenann Ismael	Jenann Ismael	2009-04-02	View details
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Bill Unruh	Bill Unruh	2009-04-02	View details
Meet a Scientist - Prof. Roderich Tumulka		2009-04-02	View details
Meet a Scientist - John Norton	John Norton	2009-04-02	View details

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