SciCafe

Adventures in Superstring Theory

Wallach Orientation Center, fourth floor
Enter at 77th Street

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Free with cash bar 21+

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Enjoy cocktails, cutting-edge science, and conversation at this popular after-hours series, which takes place on the first Wednesday of every month.

Theoretical physicist Dr. S. James Gates, Jr. uses mathematics to understand string theory and superstring theory, candidates for a single, unified theory of the universe. At January’s SciCafe, Gates will talk about the discovery of computer codes like those used in web browsers embedded in the equations of superstring theory, and in particular, the codes found in Adinkra symbols, which are graphical representations of the theory.

S. James Gates, Jr. is the John S. Toll Professor of Physics and director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland-College Park. He serves on President Barack Obama’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology and is known for his work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory. Click here to see him in the 2011 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate last spring.

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