The Greatest Physics Discoveries of the 20th Century
Location: Online via Zoom
Date: Friday 31 July 2020
Time: 17:00 - 19:00 BST
A Nobel Laureate panel discuss their choices for "The Greatest Physics Discovery of the 20th Century".
The panellists are:
Professor Steven Weinberg ForMemRS (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1979)
Professor William Phillips (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1997)
Professor Sir Anthony Leggett FRS (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2003)
Professor John Mather (Nobel Prize in Physics, 2006)
The discussants are:
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell FRS FRSE (University of Oxford)
Professor S. James Gates Jr (Brown University)
Professor Chung-Pei Ma (University of California, Berkeley)
Programme
Session Chair: Professor Brian Greene (Columbia University)
17:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
17:05 Professor Steven Weinberg ForMemRS
17:25 Professor William Phillips
17:45 Professor Sir Anthony Leggett FRS
18:05 Professor John Mather
18:25 PANEL DISCUSSION
18:45 Q & A
19:00 CLOSE
