Distinguished Contributions to Physics

The Einstein Colloquia will take place at the Weissman Auditorium at the Faculty of Physics, the Weizmann Institute of Science, at 11 AM (unless stated otherwise or as detailed on the website)

The faculty of Physics and the Albert Einstein (Minerva) Center for Theoretical Physics at the Weizmann Institute of Science host a series of distinguished colloquia - the Einstein Colloquia - devoted to presenting outstanding contributions to physics in the spirit of Einstein's work during the year 1905. The Einstein Colloquia are givenby eminent physicists, working in fields pioneered by Einstein. The lectures survey the developments in these fields, from Einstein's contributions to the present day.

   
Eberhard Bodenschatz  
MPI, Göttingen
  
April 19, 2007   
  Lagrangian Properties of Fluid Turbulence
   
 
Bernard Derrida   
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
  
May 10, 2007   
  Fluctuations and Large Deviations in Non-Equilibrium Systems
   
 
Jim Eisenstein (TBD)  
Caltech, USA  
May 17, 2007   
  Beyond the Quantum Hall Effect:
  Novel Collective States of Electrons in Two Dimensions

   
   
Yakov Bekenstein  
Hebrew University, Jerusalem  
May 31, 2007   
  Black Holes, Everyday Physics and the Holographic Universe
   

Local Organizing Committee:
Yuval Gefen and Dan Shahar
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