Event
Sep 1, 2021
Bridging the Variety of Research—From Physics and Cosmology via Brain Research to Philosophy of Science
- 10:00 to 17:00
- Workshop
- Dept. I
- Hanoch Gutfreund
A workshop on the occasion of awarding the honorary doctorate to Hanoch Gutfreund by the Freie Universität Berlin.
Session 1—Physics and Brain Research
- 10:00 Greeting by Jürgen Renn
- 10:15 Haim Sompolinsky (remote): Is Intelligence a Self-Organized Phenomenon?
- 10:45 break
Session 2—Cosmology, Astrophysics and our Common Future
- 11:00 Reem Sari: The Centers of Galaxies: Supermassive Black Holes and Their Extreme Surroundings
- 11:30 Thibault Damour (remote): The Two-Body Problem in General Relativity
- 10 min break
- 12:10 Bernard Schutz (remote): Science as a Public Good
- 12:40 Alexander Blum: Einstein’s Second-Biggest Blunder
- 13:10 lunch break
Session 3—History and Philosophy of Science
- 14:10 Yemima Ben-Menahem (remote): Causation—Not What you Thought
- 14:40 Rivka Feldhay: Migrating Knowledge and the Mobility of Ideas
- 10 min break
- 15:20 Tilman Sauer: Einstein's Working Sheets
- 15:50 Michel Janssen (remote): Einstein-Besso Manuscript on the Perihelion Motion of Mercury
- 16:20 break
Conclusion
Christoph Markschies
Chairs
Jürgen Renn
Martin Weinelt
Organizer(s)
Address
Harnack-Haus, 14195 Berlin, Germany
Room
Goethe Room
Contact and Registration
Join the workshop on Zoom:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89763410611?pwd=ckFlKzIzcFFoWXJjUWZMejhmMDVmUT09
Meeting-ID: 897 6341 0611
Identification code: 01092021