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Fig. 1: Werner Heisenberg presenting his "Weltformel" at the 1958 Planck Centenary in West Berlin. Source: DPA.

 

History for Physics

Symposium Series (2019)

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Contact

Bernadette Lessel or Flavio Del Santo

 

 

blessel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

 

The Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information Vienna (IQOQI-Vienna) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and the Research Group Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program of the MPIWG in Berlin are organizing a series of symposia on the history for physics. This initiative aims at demonstrating the importance of the history of physics for current research in physics itself

To forward this agenda, the core format will be that of tandem talks. Each tandem will pair two talks, one given by a physicist on a current research topic, the other given by a historian of physics providing the historical context to this topic. Every tandem will be followed by a discussion. In addition to the tandems, there will be a panel discussion on the role of the history of physics in both research and in academic structures.

Programs

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What Do Historians of Physics Do—and Why Should Physicists Care about it?

Arianna Borrelli
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Why Are There So Many Theories of Quantum Gravity?

Alexander Blum

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History for Physics: Quantum Gravity

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History for Physics: Quantum Foundations

All Lectures

 

 

Details

  • Call for Proposals

    We are seeking proposals for contributed talks for the Quantum Gravity event. We welcome talks that are either:

    • single history talks on quantum gravity
    • physics/history-tandems on quantum gravity
    • presentations of historically relevant papers in quantum gravity

    If you are interested in participating in tandem, but do not have a tandem partner, please contact the organizers who can try to match tandems together. We also highly welcome history talks by non-historians.

    To contribute, please send an abstract of your proposed talk (no longer than half an A4 page), to blessel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2019.

  • Attending and Registering for the Talks

    Events are free of charge and open to all. We particularly welcome students and practitioners of physics who have not yet dealt with the history of their subject. Please register in advance by emailing blessel@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

  • Childcare Provision

    Please check the individual event pages for information about childcare availability.

Cooperation Partners
Max Planck Institute for the History of Science INSTITUTE FOR QUANTUM OPTICS AND QUANTUM INFORMATION—VIENNA (IQOQI) OF THE AUSTRIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES MPI for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam-Golm Faculty for Physics at the University of Vienna BRCP (Basic Research Community for Physics e.V.) Italian Society for the History of Physics and Astronomy (SISFA) Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), Fachverband Geschichte der Physik Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW)

 

 

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