Juraj Tekel (SVK)

Physicist

Co má společné mikrovlnka, röntgen a kvantová gravitace

The Big Bang stage Velký sál
22. 7. 2023 18:00 - 18:45

 

A microwave heats and defrosts food, an X-ray can look through luggage at the airport or through your body. These processes use different forms of electromagnetic radiation. But what is this radiation? And more importantly, why is its discovery in the late nineteenth century one of the most fantastic moments in the history of physics? And how does this experience motivate us in our search for a quantum theory of gravity?