A Dialogue on Science and Arts: Beauty of the Universe

A Dialogue on Science and Arts

Topics:
(1) On String Theory (Prof. Michael Green, Cambridge)
(2) On Simplicity and Complicity (Prof. John Barrow, Cambridge)
(3) On Shapes in Science and Arts (Prof. Martin Kemp, Oxford)
(4) On Two Cultures (Prof. Steve Miller, UCL)

Free Entrance from 13:00 (First Come, First Served)
Event Duration: 15:00 -- 18:00

Organized by Cambridge Oriental Culture Association (COCA)
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ABOUT PROF. MICHAEL GREEN

Michael B. Green FRS is the Director of Research in the the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1989 and succeeded Stephen Hawking on 1 November 2009 as the 18th Lucasian Professor of Mathematics. He is one of the pioneers of String Theory and his interests are in particle physics with special emphasis on the interface between string theory, quantum field theory, quantum gravity. He is also interested in applying techniques of string theory to more general strongly coupled physical systems. He has received many awards, including the 1989 Dirac Meal, the 2002 Dannie Heinemann Prize, the 2004 Dirac Medal, the 2007 Naylor Prize, the 2014 Physics Frontiers Prize and the 2014 Fundamental Physics Prize. He is the author of Superstring Theory (Cambridge University Press 1987).

ABOUT PROF. JOHN BARROW

John D. Barrow FRS is Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the Academia Europaea. He used to be vice-President of Clare Hall College, Cambridge. His research interests are in cosmology, gravitation physics and the interface between particle physics and astronomy. He has received many awards, including the 2006 Templeton Prize, the 2008 Faraday Prize, the 2009 Kelvin Medal and the 2012 Zeeman Medal. He has written more than 495 scientific papers, and 22 books, translated into 28 languages, together with many popular science articles. His books include The Artful Universe, The Origin of the Universe: To the Edge of Space and Time, The World Within the World, Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science, The Book of Universes, etc. His play,Infinities, won the Italian Premi Ubu for best play in the Italian theatre in 2002, and the 2003 Italgas Prize.

ABOUT PROF. MARTIN KEMP

Martin Kemp is Emeritus Research Professor in the History of Art at Oxford University and world-renowned authority on Leonardo da Vinci. He has written and broadcast extensively on imagery in art and science from the Renaissance to the present day. He speaks on issues of visualisation and lateral thinking to a wide range of audiences. Leonardo da Vinci has been the subject of books written by him, including Leonardo (Oxford University Press 2004). He has published on imagery in the sciences of anatomy, natural history and optics, including The Science of Art: Optical Themes in Western Art from Brunelleschi to Seurat (Yale University Press, 1992) and Structural Intuitions: Seeing Shapes in Art and Science (The University of Virginia Press, 2016).

ABOUT PROF. STEVE MILLER

Steve Miller is Professor of Planetary Astronomy and Head of Science and Technology Studies at University College London. He did his PhD in physical chemistry at Southampton University in 1975 before carrying out research at Manchester and Sheffield. In the 1980s he worked as a journalist for the Labour Party in London, returning to academia at UCL in 1986. His current research interests include studying the atmospheres of giant planets in our Solar System and around other stars. He is a member of the European Space Agency’s Solar System Exploration Working Group. He is author of The Chemical Cosmos published by Springer (2012).