Guest speaker: Dr Mario Livio,University of Nevada, Las Vegas
The St Cross Centre for the History and Philosophy of Physics will be holding a lecture by bestselling author and astrophysicist Dr Mario Livio (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) on Friday 25 February 2022 at 5pm GMT by Zoom.
William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), Albert Einstein and Fred Hoyle are among the greatest physicists in history and some of the mistakes that these towering figures made led to major scientific advances. Dr Mario Livio will analyse these errors and the psychology which made such 'brilliant blunders' part of these celebrated scientists' genius and part of the scientific process whereby science thrives on error and advances when erroneous ideas are disproven.
This event is free to attend but registration is required. Please book your place via the link below.