Dr. Anthony Leggett will present a public lecture entitled: "Why Can't Time Run Backwards?" Dr. Leggett, 2003 Nobel Prize Winner, is with the Physics Department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. For more information about Dr. Leggett, please visit: http://www.physics.uiuc.edu/People/Leggett/.
Date: Thursday, March 29 2007 at 12:00 pm Location: UT Dallas Student Activities Center, University of Texas at Dallas More Info: http://www.utdallas.edu/news/archive/2007/0321001.html ABSTRACT: In his talk, Leggett will discuss the origin of the "arrow," or direction, of time – what he calls "one of the deepest questions of physics." "We all feel that we can remember the past and affect the future, not vice versa, so there is a very clear arrow of time built into our interpretation of our everyday experience," Leggett said. "Yet, the fundamental microscopic laws of physics, be they classical or quantum-mechanical, look exactly the same if the direction of time is reversed." Leggett promised to "review some relevant considerations, but will not pretend to give a complete answer" to the question posed in the title of his talk. At 10 a.m. the following day, Friday, March 30, Leggett will present a second talk in the School of Management's Davidson Auditorium on "Testing the Limits of Quantum Mechanics: Motivation, State of Play, Prospects." This address, which is also open to members of the public, is designed primarily for audiences with some pre-existing interest in the foundations of quantum mechanics. _______________________________________________ FDE mailing list [email protected] http://www.xml-dev.com/mailman/listinfo/fde
