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SUMMARY:Scott Lecture I - Was Einstein Right?  A Centennial Assessment - P
 rofessor Clifford Will\, Distinguished Professor of Physics\, University o
 f Florida
DTSTART:20151026T160000Z
DTEND:20151026T170000Z
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CONTACT:Leona Hope-Coles
DESCRIPTION:Einstein formulated general relativity 100 years ago.  Althoug
 h it is generally considered a great triumph\, the theory's early years we
 re characterized by conceptual confusion\, empirical uncertainties and a l
 ack of relevance to ordinary physics.  But in recent decades\, a remarkabl
 y diverse set of precision experiments has established it as the "standard
  model" for gravitational physics.   Yet it might not be the final word.  
 We review a century of measurements that have verified general relativity\
 , and describe some of the opportunities and challenges involved in testin
 g Einstein’s great theory in strong-field regimes and in gravitational w
 aves.
LOCATION:Pippard Lecture Theatre\, Cavendish Laboratory\, Department of Ph
 ysics
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