Special Event

CELEBRATION: Werner Heisenberg - Life and Work

Name: CELEBRATION: Werner Heisenberg - Life and Work
Start: 2002-07-18T16:00:00+02:00
End: 2002-07-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Thursday 18 Jul 2002, 16:00 → 17:30 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Show room on map

Description

An exhibition on the life and work of Werner Heisenberg is on display in the Main Building (Mezzanine) at CERN until 30 July*. A related celebration will take place on Thursday 18 July. After an introduction from the Director-General Luciano Maiani, it will include reminiscences on Heisenbergs life and work. Luciano Maiani: introduction. Valentin Telegdi (CERN): an overview of his work. Helmut Rechenberg (MPI für Physik, Munich): Heisenberg, particle physics and the creation of CERN. Barbara Blum (Heisenberg's daughter): Personal reminiscences. The talks will be followed by an aperitif on the Mezzanine. The event will be webcast live.