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SUMMARY:Emergence in Physics: Life\, the Universe and the Nature of Realit
 y - Professor Stephen Blundell (Correlated Electrons Group\, University of
  Oxford)
DTSTART:20180221T200000Z
DTEND:20180221T210000Z
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CONTACT:Callum Jones
DESCRIPTION:P. W. Anderson: “The more the elementary particle physicists
  tell us about the nature of the fundamental laws\, the less relevance the
 y seem to have to the very real problems of the rest of sciences\, much le
 ss to those of society.” \n\nWhere does the disconnect come between the 
 cold\, hard laws of elementary particles and the richness and beauty of th
 e world we see around us? If we could obtain a theory of everything\, woul
 d it be of any use? An answer to these questions may lie in the phenomenon
  of “emergence”. In this talk we will look at how laws “emerge” fr
 om complexity\, how the term “emergence” is understood (and/or misunde
 rstood) by physicists and by philosophers\, and consider what implications
  this might have for our understanding of the nature of reality.
LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\,  Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Ro
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