Theoretical Physics Colloquium: Sean Carroll

07 Feb 2025
Seminars and colloquia
Time
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Venue
Lindemann Lecture Theatre
Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, 91探花, Parks Road, 91探花, OX1 3PU
Speaker(s)

Professor , Johns Hopkins University

Seminar series
Theoretical physics colloquia
For more information contact

Joy Blanchard at tpadmin@physics.ox.ac.uk

From Quantum Mechanics to Spacetime

Abstract: Nine decades in, the foundations of quantum mechanics remain mysterious. Meanwhile, modern physicists puzzle over how to reconcile quantum mechanics with gravity. I will suggest that these problems are related, and that a promising strategy suggests itself: rather than "quantizing gravity," we should look for gravity within quantum mechanics. This approach has interesting consequences for how we think about the nature of space and time.