Francis Bacon Conference: General Relativity at One Hundred

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The sixth biennial Francis Bacon Conference took place from March 10 to 12, 2016, at the California Institute of Technology and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Titled General Relativity at One Hundred or GR 100, the three-d

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    Welcoming Remarks by Steve Hindle

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 3:18


    Steve Hindle welcomes participants and attendees to the “Francis Bacon Conference: General Relativity at One Hundred”, held at Caltech Institute of Technology and The Huntington Library on March 10–13, 2016. Hindle is the W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington.

    The Quest for Gravitational Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 59:15


    Barry Barish discusses “The Quest for Gravitational Waves”. Barish is the Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Physics, Emeritus at Caltech.

    The Search for Gravitational Waves: Sociological and Philosophical Investigations

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 54:56


    Harry Collins discusses "The Search for Gravitational Waves: Sociological and Philosophical Investigations". Collins is Professor, School of Social Sciences at Cardiff University.

    Was Einstein Right? A Centennial Assessment

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 53:30


    Clifford Will discusses “Was Einstein Right? A Centennial Assessment”. Will is the Distinguished Professor of Physics at University of Florida.

    Einstein & Caltech

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 60:03


    Diana Kormos-Buchwald discusses "Einstein & Caltech". Kormos-Buchwald is Professor of History at Caltech.

    Unifying GR with Quantum Theory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 51:45


    John H. Schwarz discusses “Unifying GR with Quantum Theory”. Brown is the Professor of Theoretical Physics, Emeritus at Caltech.

    100 Years of Relativity: From the Big Bang to Black Holes and Gravitational Waves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2016 51:45


    Kip Thorne, Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics Emeritus at Caltech, describes the ideas underlying general relativity and the amazing discoveries about warped spacetime that have been made in the past 100 years. One hundred years ago, Albert Einstein formulated his general relativity theory, which describes space and time as warped by mass and energy.

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