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Prof. Dwight Vincent of the University of Winnipeg will talk about Einstein's Oxford BlackBoards: Portals to a time when the universe started to expand
Abstract:
In 1931 Albert Einstein changed his mind about whether the universe was expanding in size or not. Following new developments in astronomy, he abandoned his 1917 model of the universe, which was designed mathematically to be unchanging. In May of that year, he was invited to stay at Oxford University for three weeks to interact with faculty and students plus give three lectures about his work. In the second lecture, he took the opportunity to describe a new up-and-down model for the universe. In this model the universe expanded until it reached a maximum size and then shrank back to zero size again. This talk discusses how he presented this cosmological idea on two small blackboards to an audience that had up to 500 people in attendance.
Free. Everyone welcome in-person in SA8003, or on zoom: https://uleth.zoom.us/j/95324046210
Contact:
Saurya Das | saurya.das@uleth.ca | (403) 329-2689 | scholar.ulethbridge.ca/sauryadas/home
