Encounters with Modern Physics
Saturday Morning Physics
Encounters with Modern Physics
Date: 3/15/2008; 10:30 am to 11:30 pm
Location: RACKHAM AUDITORIUM
(1st floor)
Host Department: Physics
Speaker: Professor Samuel C. C. Ting, 1976 Nobel Laureate (MIT)
Physics is an experimental science. A theory, however elegant, is only meaningful if it can be verified by experiment. Experiments can disprove theories but theories can never disprove experiments. Advancements in physics occur when experimental results contradict a prevailing theory creating a new theory. In this talk I will tell five stories about my personal encounters with experimental physics since I left Michigan.
Detailed Information
All talks are free and refreshments will be served. Visitor parking for the seminars (Central Campus) is across the street from the Dennison Building in the U-M Church Street structure. There is a $2.00 parking charge implemented by U-M Parking Services.
Contact Information
For more information regarding the Saturday Morning Physics series, see the Physics Department website, or call 734.764.4437
Physics Department, University of Michigan
Randall Laboratory
450 Church Street
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1040
Phone: (734) 764-4437
Fax: (734) 763-9694
Email: physics@umich.edu
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