https://www.amherst.edu/ en https://www.amherst.edu/alumni/learn/AlumniColloquium/pastalumnicolloquium/spring2013/node/208767 <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>Marcy Larmon (inactive)</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2010-07-29T00:00:00-04:00" title="Thursday, July 29, 2010, at 12:00 AM" class="datetime">Thursday, 7/29/2010, at 12:00 AM</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><img src="/media/view/209184/original/amherst_today_wordmark.png" alt="Amherst Today Program" title="Amherst Today Program" style="display:block;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;" class="image original" border="0" height="50" width="378" loading="lazy"></p> <h2 style="text-align:center;">Symmetry in Nature and in the Laws of Nature</h2> <p></p><article class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-full" width="400" height="150"> <div class="field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-visually_hidden"> <div class="field__label visually-hidden">Image</div> <div class="field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/system/files/media/1696/Symmetry%2520in%2520Nature_400w.jpg" width="400" height="150" alt="Symmetry%20in%20Nature_400w" title="Symmetry%20in%20Nature_400w"> </div> </div> </article> <h3 style="text-align:center;">March 7 - 8, 2013</h3> <p style="text-align:left;" align="center">Enjoy this unique opportunity to return to the science classroom with a guided tour into the world of symmetry in nature. While symmetry in objects and geometric figures - the beauty of a snowflake, the appeal of a human face - has been appreciated for a long time, a mathematical and more abstract sort of symmetry that pertains to the laws of physics came to be recognized only about a hundred years ago. We will learn about the remarkable Emmy Noether (1882- 1935), who, working on Einstein's theory of relativity, proved two theorems that were basic for both general relativity and elementary particle physics. The connection of the Higgs particle with fundamental symmetries will be examined; we will explore symmetry, mathematics and art and even hear about "Symmetry and Schrodinger's Cat."&nbsp; Participants will also be given an insiders' tour of several science research labs.&nbsp;</p> <h3 style="text-align:center;"><a href="https://www.amherst.edu/mm/342418">Schedule</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/mm/342413">Readings</a>&nbsp; |&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amherst.edu/mm/342410">Faculty</a></h3></div> Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0000 mlarmon 208767 at https://www.amherst.edu