Einstein Lectures
In 2009, the Albert Einstein Society (AEG), together with the University of Bern, launched a new lecture cycle, the Albert Einstein Lectures. Within the framework of this new series, three public lectures are to take place each year within one week. In memory of the work of Albert Einstein, the lectures will be alternately devoted to topics from the fields of physics and astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy. Renowned researchers will be invited to speak to a wide audience on selected topics of general interest during the autumn semester.
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Physics
Prof. Donna Strickland, University of Waterloo, Canada, Nobel Prize Winner in Physics 2018
presented 3 lectures on the topic ‘ Laser physics and optics’Generating short pulses for making molecular movies
Particle acceleration with intense fiber lasers for medical applications
Global Environmental Measurement and Monitoring (GEMM) -
Philosophy
Susan R. Wolf, Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill
presented 3 lectures on the topic ‘ Human Selves’ -
Mathematics
Prof. Maryna Viazovska, EPF Lausanne, (Fields Medal 2022) gave 3 lectures on the topic ‘ Sphere Packings ‘
The sphere packing problem,
The sphere packing problem: The proof
Sphere packings in high dimensions and error correcting codes -
Physics
Prof. Didier Queloz, Cambridge University (UK), ETH Zürich gave 3 lectures on the topic ‘Exoplanets’
Planets in Solar System Context,
The Exoplanet Revolution
Exoplanets and Life in the Universe -
Philosophy
Prof. Philip Pettit, Princeton University, gave 3 lectures on the topic
‘The Social Nature of Our MentalA social genealogy of human mind,
Consciousness and the capacity to reason
Responsibilty and the capacity to commit -
Mathematics
Prof. Shafi Goldwasser, UC Berkeley (USA) , Director of Simons Institute for the
Theory of Computing gave three lectures:The Cryptographic Lens,
Pseudo Deterministic Algorithms and Proofs
Safe Machine Learning -
Philosophy
Prof. Simon Blackburn, Cambridge, GB
Bertrand Russell Professor emer. gave three lectures:
Truth as an abstract concept
Truth and a pragmatic challenge
Truth in feeling -
Mathematics
Prof. Martin Hairer FRS, University of Warwick, UK
(Fields medal 2014),
gave three lectures:The Mathematics of Randomness
Random Loops
Taming Infinities