The Novel Worldview Suggested by Quantum Gravity

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• Professor Carlo Rovelli, Centre de Physique Theorique
• Wednesday 11 October 2017, 20:00-21:00
• Bristol-Meyers Squibb lecture theatre, Chemistry Department, Lensfield Road.

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Maxwell Lecture - Free entry

Time, space, matter, particles, field, observer, system, substance… all the basic notions of the elementary grammar of our understanding of the physical world are put into question, and modified, by the current research in quantum gravity. I discuss this momentum change, how compelling are its motivations, and the novel worldview I believe is emerging: a coherent picture of the world where “time” and “space” and “objects” are not among the primary notions anymore.

This talk is part of the Cambridge University Physics Society series.

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