Adventures through the laws of Nature    

Professional scientists from Uppsala University and Nordita will review what modern science knows about the fundamental aspects of Nature, using a language that everybody can understand.  A cycle of lectures with a different topic each offer you an adventure through all the Nature as we know it: Higgs boson, quarks, nuclei, atoms and molecules, order and chaos, a variety of materials and states of matter, live organisms, light and waves, subluminal travel, gravity, planets, stars, black holes, and evolution of the Universe.

We want to help the Ukrainian people and the victims of any nationality due to the ongoing war in Ukraine. The registration is nominally free but, as an indirect fee, we ask you to support the cause, in the form and amount that you deem appropriate. Here are some suggestions.

Each event lasts for two hours.

The first part sketches the main scientific model behind the physics in question. During the break you can converse with the lecturer and our team of scientists. The second part connects the model to practical applications: everyday technologies, modern experiments and cool discoveries.

If you feel intimidated, don't you worry! The lectures are written around a very general audience: non-technical as possible while we preserve the original message. We like to recount intuitive examples and trace connections with mathematics, other natural sciences, as well as with music, literature, history and more.

The more you are interested in science, the more you can appreciate it of course. However, regardless of your background, we want to give away messages and ideas that everyone can easily grasp and think about.

The attendance is in person or via Zoom, so anyone in the world can join. You must register in either case, we send Zoom link and further details by email.

Stockholm (live and streamed over Zoom)

Six events: Every Sunday at 6 pm in the period 1 May - 5 June at Oskar Kleins auditorium. 

Albanova University Center

Roslagstullsbacken 21

114 21 Stockholm.

Uppsala (live and streamed over Zoom)

Four events on Fridays  at 5h30 pm in the period 20 May - 10 June at Polhemsalen, 10134 

Ångström laboratory 

Lägerhyddsvägen 1, 752 37 Uppsala

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Six Stockholm lectures:

• Quantum mechanics: bizarre world at atomic scales

• Statistical physics: information, chaos, and arrow of time

• Special relativity: how our perception changes when we approach the speed of light

• Quantum field theory: Higgs boson and why did people build the Large Hadron Collider

• Gravity: geometry shaping the Universe

• Theory of everything: what scientists are dreaming about

We motivate our selection here.

Four Uppsala lectures: 

• From waves to quantum light: connecting music to entangled photons

• Symmetry: simplicity and beauty of fundamental laws

• History of the Universe: from the Big Bang to the creation of the periodic table

• Biophysics: seeing the invisible and the structure of life