A discussion about the Oppenheimer film led by Gregory Falkovich, Pollack Professorial Chair in Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
Friday, October 18, 2024
1:30pm
SCGP Room 102
Dr. Falkovich will give a popular explanation of the basic physics which let us better see the human drama of war, peace and unpredictable internal logic of research.
Specific issues to be discussed
1. Why did the same people stand at the end of the energy epoch and the beginning of the information epoch?
2. Oppenheimer and Rabi; the role of orange in the movie.
3. Who asked the question that Oppenheimer discussed with Einstein? What were the consequences?
4. Why the movie is more about thermonuclear than nuclear weapons? What is the simple graph that physicists see behind that.
6. How did Germans fail, and Russians succeed?
The discussion will be illustrated with stills from the movie and historical pictures.
This lecture will be live streamed at scgp.stonybrook.edu/live
