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Outreach Lectures – Book Talks

December 16, 2024

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

December 16, 2024

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

Brownian Motion and Dirichlet Zeros

December 16, 2024

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

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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

SCGP Cafe hosts a Full Moon Wine and Cheese – November 2011

Full Moon Wine and Cheese Thursday, November 10, 2011 6 pm – 9 pm Simons Center for Geometry and Physics, Stony Brook University Enjoy fine wines from Jamesport vineyard expertly paired with locally sourced cheeses by Chef Paolo while gazing at the stars from the Cafe’s outdoor eating area. $25 per person, cash and credit accepted … Read more

SCGP in the Edible East End

The SCGP Cafe was featured in the The Edible East. Visit them on the web @ www.edibleeastend.com.

Sir Michael Atiyah, 4-dimensional Models of Nuclei

Title: 4-dimensional Models of Nuclei Speaker: Sir Michael Atiyah Time: 10:00am – 11:30pm, Thursday, October 13th Place: Lecture Hall 102, Simons Center

Brian Greene on the Status of String Theory

Brian Greene is “the single best explainer of abstruse concepts in the world today.” He is the co-director of the Center for Strings, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics at Columbia University. In his latest book “The hidden reality,” he brings the reader on a journey through the parallel universes of the string theory landscape.

Dr. Brian Greene delivered inaugural talks for the Della Pietra Lecture Series, October 4, 2011

October 4, 2011 2:30 Colloquium for Faculty and Graduate Students Location – Simons Center Lecture Hall, Room 102 TITLE: The State of String Theory ABSTRACT: I will give various perspectives on the state of string theory, reviewing its numerous achievements—with a particular emphasis on its mathematical contributions–and surveying the hurdles the theory still faces. 5:30 … Read more

SCGP in the New York Times

Chef Paolo Fontana and the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics are mentioned in the New York Times.

The Butterfly Wall

Earth, Air, Fire, Water Toby Buonagurio’s most recent commissioned, public artwork is titled “Earth, Air, Fire, Water.” It is permanently installed on the central lobby wall of the brand new Simons Center for Geometry and Physics on the Stony Brook University campus. The artwork is comprised of eleven, enormous, unique, hand-made, glazed and lustered, sculptural … Read more

Michael Freedman, Microsoft Station Q – What is quantum computing and why will topology help?

Michael Freedman, Microsoft Station Q What is quantum computing and why will topology help? Friday, September 16, 2011 1 pm Simons Center Main Auditorium Abstract: We are learning how to move information processing from the classical to the quantum realm. To complete this transition we will need a way to do certain operations with unprecedented … Read more

Paul Adams – Neocortical Machinery for Understanding the World

Speaker Paul Adams (dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University) Title: Neocortical Machinery for Understanding the World When: Wednesday, September 14, 2011 Time: 11:30 am Where: Simons Center, Third Floor, Seminar Room 313

Simons Center Program in Complex Geometry and Generalized Geometry with Applications to Physics

Simons Center Program in Complex Geometry and Generalized Geometry with Applications to Physics Fall 2011 Program Description. In the Fall of 2011 the Simons Center will have a program on complex and differential geometry and its interface with theoretical physics. The topics will include generalized geometry, Poisson geometry, hyperkähler metrics and Higgs bundles. Nigel Hitchin … Read more

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In this issue of the Newsletter

Outreach Lectures – Book Talks

Moduli

Brownian Motion and Dirichlet Zeros

In the news

SCGP Cafe hosts a Full Moon Wine and Cheese – November 2011

SCGP in the Edible East End

Sir Michael Atiyah, 4-dimensional Models of Nuclei

Brian Greene on the Status of String Theory

Dr. Brian Greene delivered inaugural talks for the Della Pietra Lecture Series, October 4, 2011

SCGP in the New York Times

The Butterfly Wall

Michael Freedman, Microsoft Station Q – What is quantum computing and why will topology help?

Paul Adams – Neocortical Machinery for Understanding the World

Simons Center Program in Complex Geometry and Generalized Geometry with Applications to Physics