2009 Press Releases
Why Quantum Mechanics Will Change Your Life
13.03.2009
Even though Quantum Mechanics is one of the most complete and successful theories ever developed in physics, it is also the least understood. In the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC on Wednesday, March 18th, Dr Thomas Busch will discuss why many of the effects it predicts are counter-intuitive to everyday life experiences.
13.03.2009
Even though Quantum Mechanics is one of the most complete and successful theories ever developed in physics, it is also the least understood. In the next lecture of the Annual College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS) Public Lecture Series at UCC on Wednesday, March 18th, Dr Thomas Busch will discuss why many of the effects it predicts are counter-intuitive to everyday life experiences.
Over the last 100 years this has led to intensive discussions about fundamental questions such as what reality and locality really are. Recent progress in the area of quantum information has shone new light on these questions. In his lecture, Dr Busch will give an insight into some of the most puzzling paradoxes and the current explanations.
Thomas Busch is a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator in the Physics Department in UCC. A native of Germany, he obtained his PhD from the University of Innsbruck in the area of quantum statistics in 2000. His current research deals with designing computational devices using the laws of quantum mechanics to achieve superior computing powers.
The SEFS Annual Public Lecture Series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS. The series of lectures will run weekly until Wednesday, March 25th. Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/SEFS_LectureSeries_2009.pdf
All the lectures will be filmed and the films will be posted on the UCC Public Understanding of Science website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie The 2007 and 2008 Public Lectures are already posted on this website.
Dr Busch will deliver the lecture on Wednesday, March 18th 2009 at 8.00 pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre. Admission to the lectures is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.
Picture: Dr Thomas Busch
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Thomas Busch is a Science Foundation Ireland Principal Investigator in the Physics Department in UCC. A native of Germany, he obtained his PhD from the University of Innsbruck in the area of quantum statistics in 2000. His current research deals with designing computational devices using the laws of quantum mechanics to achieve superior computing powers.
The SEFS Annual Public Lecture Series is organised by Professor William Reville, Public Awareness of Science Officer, SEFS. The series of lectures will run weekly until Wednesday, March 25th. Full details of the lectures can be consulted by visiting website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie/pages/SEFS_LectureSeries_2009.pdf
All the lectures will be filmed and the films will be posted on the UCC Public Understanding of Science website http://understandingscience.ucc.ie The 2007 and 2008 Public Lectures are already posted on this website.
Dr Busch will deliver the lecture on Wednesday, March 18th 2009 at 8.00 pm in Boole IV Lecture Theatre. Admission to the lectures is free, and as always, members of the public are invited to attend.
Picture: Dr Thomas Busch
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