One of the drivers for this seminar series is to get a glimpse of the many research questions, ideas, and results linked to the activities in our division. The seminars are intended to be very informal and we make plenty of room for questions and discussions.
Speaker: Samuel Fletcher, Oxford
Title of the lecture: “Science: Why?”
Overview
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- Date:Starts 25 April 2025, 14:00Ends 25 April 2025, 15:00
- Location:Von Bahr, Soliden
- Language:English
Abstract: In this talk, I suggest interrelated answers to the following four questions, using examples from the history of physics:
(i) What are the goals of science?
(ii) What are the goals of scientists?
(iii) What is distinctive about scientific inquiry?
(iv) Why does science hold the role it does in our society?
Password to Zoom: science
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Andreas Ekström
- Professor, Subatomic, High Energy and Plasma Physics, Physics