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Abstract The first lesson began with a reminder of the difference between universal constants, such as the quantum of action (Planck's constant) and the quantum of charge, and microscopic constants, such as the mass of the electron and proton. We also …
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Composition and its various gestures
Pierre Boulez, chair Invention, technique and language in music
Composition and its various gestures
Pierre Boulez, chair Invention, technique and language in music
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Michael Friedman
Carnap, Cassirer and Heidegger: the Davos Disputation and twentieth-century Philosophy (4)
Michael Friedman
Carnap, Cassirer and Heidegger: the Davos Disputation and twentieth-century Philosophy (4)
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17:00 to 18:00
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A Collège de France - CNED coproduction Abstract " This brief exchange is part of the golden legend of our discipline. It took place, seventy-eight years ago in one month's time, on the afternoon of Sunday, November 26 1922, on one of those luminous …
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Michael Friedman
Carnap, Cassirer and Heidegger: the Davos Disputation and twentieth-century Philosophy (3)
Michael Friedman
Carnap, Cassirer and Heidegger: the Davos Disputation and twentieth-century Philosophy (3)
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17:00 to 18:00
Michel Devoret
From atoms to quantum machines
Michel Devoret
From atoms to quantum machines
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Abstract Because of their large number of atoms, macroscopic systems can easily be assembled from independent parts, like clocks and their cogs. Quantum systems, on the other hand, have properties that make them naturally regular and resistant to noise, …
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Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (4)
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (4)
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09:30 to 10:30
Anne Porter
Wool, writing and religion : the role of pastoralism in Urukean expansion
Anne Porter
Wool, writing and religion : the role of pastoralism in Urukean expansion
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11:00 to 12:00
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (3)
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (3)
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09:30 to 10:30
Filippo M. Rijli
Nervous system development in vertebrates and development of the sensory Homunculus and hox genes
Filippo M. Rijli
Nervous system development in vertebrates and development of the sensory Homunculus and hox genes
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16:00 to 17:00
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (2)
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (2)
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09:30 to 10:30
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (1)
Andrew Majda
Mathematical Strategies for Multi-Scale and Stochastic Modelling in Atmosphere/Ocean Science (1)
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09:30 to 10:30