Speaker:
Kip Thorne
Institution:
Caltech
Speaker Link:
Date:
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Time:
3:30 pm
Location:
Calit2
Abstract:
A half century ago, John Wheeler challenged his students and colleagues to explore Geometrodynamics: the nonlinear dynamics of curved spacetime. How does the curvature of spacetime behave when roiled in a storm, like a storm at sea with crashing waves. We tried to explore this, and failed. Success eluded us until two new tools became available: computer simulations, and gravitational wave observations. Kip will describe what these have begun to teach us, and he will offer a vision for the future of Geometrodynamics.
Learn more about the Reines Lecture Series at: http://ps.uci.edu/rls
Host:
James Bullock