HAPP One-Day Conference: Paradoxes in Physics
Apparent paradoxes in the physical descriptions of the natural world around us and in the perceived cosmos have existed since antiquity. These have grown in sophistication as the field of physics has developed over thele centuries and with the advent of the theories of relativity and quantum mechanics in particular. This conference will examine several paradoxes in physics from across the centuries and will scrutinise how the fundamental physics and mathematics underpinning them may help to resolve these.

Whilst attendance is free, booking is required for both in-person and online attendance. Please see website for details: www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-one-day-conference-paradoxes-in-physics

There will be a special conference dinner at St Cross College, in the evening following the end of the conference, with an after-dinner talk by Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS, Nobel Laureate (University of Oxford) on the visual and mathematical paradoxes in the art of M C Escher.

You can book to attend the dinner here: www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/conferences-and-events/st-cross-college/happ-centre/paradoxes-in-physics-one-day-conference
Date: 23 November 2024, 10:30 (Saturday, 6th week, Michaelmas 2024)
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: In-person, and livestreamed on YouTube
Speakers: Professor Angie Hobbs (Sheffield), Professor Anastasia Fialkov (Cambridge), Professor Ian Ford (UCL), Professor Nikk Effingham (Birmingham), Professor Jeff Forshaw (Manchester), Professor James Ladyman (Bristol), After Dinner Speaker: Professor Sir Roger Penrose OM FRS, Nobel Laureate (Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: happ-centre@stx.ox.ac.uk
Part of: HAPP: St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-one-day-conference-paradoxes-in-physics
Cost: Free to attend conference only / Dinner £66 (£55 for enrolled students)
Audience: Members of the University only
Editor: Belinda Clark