Event time:
Thursday, February 9, 2017 - 4:30pm
Location:
Whitney Humanities Center Auditorium
53 Wall Street
New Haven Event description:
*Note that this event will be held as anticipated, regardless of Thursday’s impending snowstorm.*
Connections between physics and technological invention and aspects of human life that seem far from science are both unexpected and unexpectedly common. And rather than flowing one way - from physics to gadgets - the connections form an intricate web, linking all aspects of human culture, in a way that frustrates our convenient compartmentalizations and coarse interventions aimed at promoting technology transfer. Our distinguished guest will discuss this theme not abstractly but with examples, ranging from music to the color of gold, and explain how quantum physics helps him do quantum physics (sic).