100 YEARS of SPACETIME & GRAVITY:
an EVENING with BILL & BOB
Bill Unruh
University of British Columbia
Bob Wald
Kavli Institute and Enrico Fermi Institute Univerisity of Chicago
22nd October, 7.30-9.30 pm, Buchanan Building Block A 1866 Main Mall, University of British Columbia
In 1915, Einstein completed the 'General Theory of
Relativity', our theory of Spacetime, Gravity, matter and
energy in the universe. This theory has acquired almost
mythical status - Paul Dirac called it "probably the
greatest scientific discovery ever made";
and the celebrated cartoonist Herbert Block published the
famous image shown in below, the day Einstein died in
1955.
To celebrate the centenary of General Relativity, we will
be hosting some unusual events. To kick off we
will have a public "Question & Answer" discussion, wherein the audience,
aged from 9 yrs
to 90 yrs, is encouraged to come with whatever questions they have always
wanted to ask
about space, the cosmos, black holes, astronomy, and of course about
Einstein; or indeed
anything else!. Bill Unruh and Bob Wald will be fielding your
questions - they will each give a short introduction to start off, saying
a little bit about
Einstein, curved space, black holes, and related topics. Bill will be
bringing his famous
giant beachball (to model the universe!).
For more details on Einstein and on the speakers, please check Speakers and Materials.
Additional resources for this talk :
slides and
video.
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