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Outreach Lectures – Book Talks

Chris Quigg in Conversation with George Sterman. Grace in All Simplicity: Beauty, Truth, and Wonders on the Path to the Higgs Boson and New Laws of Nature Robert P. Crease. The Leak: Politics, Activists, and Loss of Trust at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Moduli

By Steven Bradlow, Daniel Halpern-Leistner, Victoria Hoskins, Margarida Melo, and Anna Wienhard  

Brownian Motion and Dirichlet Zeros

By Giuseppe Mussardo Professor of Theoretical Physics, SISSA (Trieste)  
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In the news

John Pardon Awarded the New Horizons in Mathematics Prize
Uppsala University, Sweden, Awards Prestigious Honorary Doctorate to Dr. Nikita Nekrasov
The Simons Center Congratulates Board of Trustee Chairman Yakov Eliashberg, co-recipient of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award, along with Professor Claire Voisin
Nikita Nekrasov Awarded 2023 Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics

Call for Proposals for Scientific Workshops/Conferences

Call for Proposals for Scientific Workshops/Conferences The Simons Center for Geometry and Physics (SCGP) at Stony Brook University is seeking proposals for scientific workshops/conferences to be held in the 2014-15 academic year. The Simons Center is a research center devoted to furthering fundamental knowledge in mathematics and theoretical physics, especially knowledge at the interface of … Read more

Workshop on Topology and Invariants of 4-Manifolds: August 23 – 27, 2014

Application for workshop is now closed. Organized by Selman Akbulut (Michigan State), Anar Akhmedov (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Mehmet Firat Arikan (METU), Weimin Chen (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Yasha Eliashberg (Stanford University), Cagri Karakurt (University of Texas, Austin), Tian-Jun Li (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities), Danny Ruberman (Brandeis University), and Nikolai Saveliev (University of … Read more

f(glitch) Gallery Exhibition: Opening Reception March 5

Featuring the artworks of Richard Garet, Robert Henke, Emma Mcnally, David Linton, Phoenix Perry, Bethany Shorb February 10th – March 29th Opening Reception March 5:  VISIT  http://cdact.stonybrook.edu/fglitch/ FOR THE FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS   WEDNESDAY MARCH 5:  Colloquia at Simons Center for Geometry and Physics Auditorium, Stony Brook University 4:00 Keynote Speaker: Carl Haber, Physicist: “Seeing Voices: Optical … Read more

Quantum Anomalies, Topology, and Hydrodynamics

Quantum Anomalies, Topology, and Hydrodynamics Organized by Alexander Abanov, Dmitri Kharzeev, Boris Khesin, Dam Son, and Paul Wiegmann February 17-June 13, 2014 Recent developments in relativistic hydrodynamics place it at the crossroads of nuclear physics, condensed matter physics and string theory. Hydrodynamics is known to be very effective in describing the long-wavelength behavior of many … Read more

SCGP Fall 2013 Newsletter

The Simons Center is pleased to announce fall 2013 newsletter.  See below to find out what’s been happening at the Center! Click here for SCGP Fall 2013 Newsletter  

Strongly Coupled Systems Away From Equilibrium: February 24 – 28, 2014

Organized by Barbara Jacak, Chris Herzog, Dima Kharzeev, and Nikita Nekrasov. Dates: February 24 – 28, 2014 The non-equilibrium dynamics of strongly coupled systems has recently emerged as a focal point of interest in many areas of physics. In nuclear physics, this interest stems from the need to describe the early moments of heavy ion … Read more

Della Pietra Lecture Series Presents Dr. Frank Wilczek, March 4 – 5, 2014

Public Talk Tuesday March 4 at 5:30pm, Simons Center Auditorium, room 103: Title: “Expanding the Doors of Perception” Abstract: Modern physics has taught us that our unaided senses perceive only an infinitesimal portion of physical reality. Within that theme, Frank Wilczek, PhD, a Nobel Laureate and professor of physics at MIT, will especially emphasize color … Read more

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