• Wednesday 16 October 2019 at UIC at 11 am – Fedele Lizzi (Napoli): Pointless Physics

Abstract: I will describe the role of points in modern physics, and in particular in the attempts to built a theory of quantum gravity. Modern theories will require a quantum spacetime, and in it the usual concept of point, as we have used so far, may lose its meaning. In particular I will discuss noncommutative geometry, a branch born to describe the quantum space of velocity and momenta, and how it could be useful in quantum gravity. In terms of technical difficulty, this talk rates 3/5 .

Further details at https://beyondspacetime.net/about/space-and-time-after-quantum-gravity/speakers/

Please join us! (We will try to stream on YouTube.)