MAX-PLANCK-INSTITUT FÜR WISSENSCHAFTSGESCHICHTE Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

Event

Mar 22, 2021
Young Yukawa and Heisenberg’s Visit to Kyoto in 1929

Werner K. Heisenberg visited Japan, together with Paul A. M. Dirac, in August and September 1929, and they gave several impressive lectures on quantum theory in Tokyo and Kyoto. In Kyoto at that time, Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981), who would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 for his theoretical research on mesons, tackled some difficult problems of theoretical physics concerning relativistic quantum mechanics and field quantum theory. This talk examines an important intersection of the Japanese and European research topics related to the the second quantization through the case of Yukawa’s early study and Heisenberg’s visit to Kyoto in 1929.  

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Zoom/Online Meeting Platform
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This event takes place online. All are welcome, for further information please email officeblum@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de.

About This Series

The seminar series of the Research Group “Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program” runs once a month, usually on a Monday at 14:30 in the seminar room of the Villa (Harnackstraße 5). The talks deal primarily with the history, philosophy, and foundations of modern (post-WWII) physics or with wider epistemological questions related to the work of the group. There are no pre-circulated papers.

Full program of the seminar series, Research Group “Historical Epistemology of the Final Theory Program”
2021-03-22T11:00:00SAVE IN I-CAL 2021-03-22 11:00:00 2021-03-22 12:00:00 Young Yukawa and Heisenberg’s Visit to Kyoto in 1929 Werner K. Heisenberg visited Japan, together with Paul A. M. Dirac, in August and September 1929, and they gave several impressive lectures on quantum theory in Tokyo and Kyoto. In Kyoto at that time, Hideki Yukawa (1907–1981), who would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 for his theoretical research on mesons, tackled some difficult problems of theoretical physics concerning relativistic quantum mechanics and field quantum theory. This talk examines an important intersection of the Japanese and European research topics related to the the second quantization through the case of Yukawa’s early study and Heisenberg’s visit to Kyoto in 1929.   Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Boltzmannstraße 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany Zoom/Online Meeting Platform Europe/Berlin public