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Divulgative public lecture
Conferencia divulgativa
by Clifford M. Will, James S. McDonell Professor of Physics at Washington University in St Louis, USA
Date: Wednesday,
18 June 2008Time: 19:00
Location: Auditori CosmoCaixa
Title: Black Holes, Waves of Gravity, and other Warped Ideas of Dr Einstein
Abstract: Einstein's theories of relativity have had a major impact on culture to everyday life to basic science. Songs, plays and movies proclaim Einstein as the symbol of genius, while users of GPS navigation devices unknowingly take account of Einstein's relativistic warpage of time. Two of the crazier ideas that come from Einstein's theories are Gravitational Waves and the Black Hole. Today, international teams of scientists have embarked on a quest to verify these ideas. Building and operating large-scale detectors on the ground, and designing space-based detectors for the future, they hope to detect and measure the waves, and to use those wave signals to reveal the hidden secrets of black holes.
Fecha:Miércoles 18 de junio
Hora: 19:00
Lugar: Auditori de CosmoCaixa
Título: Agujeros Negros, Ondas de Gravedad y otras ideas alabeadas del Doctor Einstein
Resumen: Las teorías relativistas de
Einstein han tenido un impacto enorme casi por doquier, desde la
cultura popular hasta la vida cotidiana y la ciencia fundamental.
Canciones, obras de teatro y películas de cine encumbran a
Einstein como el símbolo del genio, mientras que los usuarios de
los sistemas de navegación GPS utilizan, quizá sin
saberlo, la curvatura einsteiniana del tiempo. Dos de las ideas
más disparatadas que surgen de las teorías de Einstein
son las Ondas Gravitatorias y el Agujero Negro. Hoy día hay
equipos internacionales de científicos que se han lanzado a
investigar sobre la verificación de estas ideas. Mediante la
construcción, diseño y operación de grandes
instrumentos terrestres y espaciales, esos equipos esperan detectar y
medir las ondas gravitatorias y usar los resultados de su
observación para desvelar los secretos que esconden los agujeros
negros.
Professor Will is a most reputed scientist, and a brilliant speaker, in particular when he addresses the general audience to explain such difficult concepts as those involved in relativistic theories. His book Was Einstein right? is a very renowned, award winning book on General Relativity predictions and their relationsip to specific experiments. The book has been translated into several languages, Spanish amongst them. You may wish to learn more about Professor Will's scientific activity and interests in his own web page.
Professor Will is a most reputed scientist, and a brilliant speaker, in particular when he addresses the general audience to explain such difficult concepts as those involved in relativistic theories. His book Was Einstein right? is a very renowned, award winning book on General Relativity predictions and their relationsip to specific experiments. The book has been translated into several languages, Spanish amongst them. You may wish to learn more about Professor Will's scientific activity and interests in his own web page.
