World-renowned physicist to lecture at Clemson University
Monday, September 15, 2008Physicist Antony Valentini will present his lecture, 'Quantum Mechanics and Reality: the Schism in Physics,' at this year's Sobczyk Public Lecture, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17, in Tillman Auditorium at Clemson University. Valentini will explain to a general audience the nature of quantum physics and clarify some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding it. Valentini studied mathematics and physics at Cambridge University and received a PhD in astrophysics from the International School for Advance Studies in Trieste. He has held postdoctoral positions and the University of Rome and Imperial College London. He has several publications, his most recent including 'Hidden Variables and the Large-Scale Structure of Spacetime,' 'Extreme Test of Quantum Theory with Black Holes' and 'Black Holes, Information Loss, and Hidden Variables.' The lecture is open to the public. A reception will follow the lecture. The Sobczyk Public Lecture is a joint physics, math and astronomy endeavor sponsored by the Clemson University departments of physics and astronomy and mathematical sciences. For more information about Clemson's graduate programs in physics, please visit: www.grad.clemson.edu/programs/Physics.
