Science & Society speaker to discuss quantum theory
Lewes Public Library’s Science and Society Lecture Series will present MIT professor David Kaiser for an online presentation, Scenes from the Quantum Century: From Curious Hippies to Novel Tests of Quantum Entanglement, at 5 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 4, via Zoom.
Quantum mechanics turns 100 years old in 2025, making this a perfect time to explore how some of the core ideas of quantum theory were introduced, debated, tested and ultimately accepted. One of the central ingredients of quantum theory is entanglement, and Kaiser’s talk will describe how a colorful group of physicists during the 1970s wrestled with entanglement, exploring the idea amid the California counterculture scene. He will also share his own research group’s recent experiments conducted with Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger and his team.
To register for the online event and other upcoming Science and Society Lectures, go to tinyurl.com/LPLScienceFall25 or call the library at 302-645-2733.
The Lewes Public Library’s Science and Society - Making Sense of the World Around Us lecture series is co-organized and moderated by Colin Norman, the former news editor at Science; Fred Dylla, executive director emeritus of the American Institute of Physics and author of “Scientific Journeys”; and Linda Dylla, former public information officer at the Jefferson Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy.
