Einstein Lectures

The Einstein Lectures series was initiated in 2015 as part of the centenary celebration of Albert Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. Schools, colleges and other organizations can request to organize a lecture anywhere in India. Selected partner organizations will work with the ICTS in selecting an appropriate speaker depending on the date and venue of the lecture, and the nature of the audience. Einstein lectures cover a wide spectrum of topics in physics and related areas. Speakers range from early-career scientists to international luminaries. ICTS will support the travel and honorarium for the speaker. Partner organizations are expected to take care of the local organization.

Contact: einstein . lectures @ icts . res . in

Past Lectures

Einstein's legacy, and the search for gravitational waves

Bruce Allen (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)

06 November 2015, 16:00 to 17:00

Faculty Hall, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Einstein's "general theory of relativity", the modern description of gravity, is his greatest legacy. It predicts the bending of light as it passes by the sun, and the collapse of stars into black holes. Another dramatic predictions is that rapidly accelerating massive objects produce ‘waves of...more

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