The Trouble with Physics
The Rise of String Theory, the Fall of a Science and What Comes NextHas physics lost its way? If so, how does this affect the academic culture which defines it and the need to nurture speculative ideas? And how might a progressive discussion begin to address the way forward?
Join us for a seminal debate on which is the right road ahead for our understanding of space, time and the universe.
-Prof Lee Smolin, theoretical physicist, Perimeter Institute, Ontario and author of The Trouble with Physics
-Dr Simon Saunders, Reader in Philosophy of Physics and university lecturer in Philosophy of Science, Oxford
-Chair: Prof Frank Close, Professor of Physics, Oxford
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