dear colleagues: The reading group meets again this term on Tuesdays at 4.30 pm, starting on Tuesday 23 January.
The theme is gravitational waves: a theme which raises many issues, both philosophical and historical: and whose literature has, fortunately, many fine pieces. We have suggestions for the first three meetings (till 6 February): which are on the website. At https://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/seminars-reading-groups/physics The text is reproduced below, for convenience. Hope to see many of you there! Jeremy Butterfield and Joe Martin. ------------------ The reading group meets on Tuesdays, 4.30pm to 6.00pm in the Board Room. Please contact Joe Martin ([email protected]) or Jeremy Butterfield (jb56) if you would like access to a copy of the readings. The theme for the term is Gravitational Waves. We suggest the following readings for the first three sessions, and list some other possible readings. But at the first one or two sessions, we will plan later sessions in the light of participants' interests. 23 Jan: (1) D. Kennefick, Travelling at the Speed of Thought: Einstein and the Quest for Gravitational Waves, Princeton University Press 2007: chapter 3; (2) The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics: popular science background; available at: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/popular-physicsprize2017.pdf 30 Jan: (1) D. Kennefick, ibid., chapter 5; (2) The 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics: scientific background; available at: https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2017/advanced-physicsprize2017.pdf Feb 6: Kip Thorne, Black Holes and Time Warps, W. Norton 1994: chapter 10 There is a copy of the Kennefick and Thorpe books in the Whipple, on Reserve. The book by D. Kennefick is also an ebook, freely available in the Cambridge University domain, through iDiscover. --------------------- ------ Jeremy Butterfield: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ: Tel: 07557-668413 (mobile) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Butterfield Visit the journal, Studies in the History and Philosophy of Modern Physics http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/13552198 _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
