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Unifying gravity and quantum mechanics – known as quantum gravity - has
turned out to be extraordinarily difficult. It is one of the grand
challenges facing physicists this century. How did spacetime come to be,
what is its ultimate fate, and why do we experience it at all?
Join world-leading physicists and other educators at the high school
physics teachers' conference Spacetime, Holography, and Entanglement on
Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical
Physics (KITP) at University of California, Santa Barbara. Interactive
lectures by world-leading physicists will give accessible introductions
and deeper dives into current research topics in quantum gravity, like
the holographic principle linking it to string theory and its links to
quantum entanglement.
A description and logistical information is at
https://www.kitp.ucsb.edu/acti
Registration is free and open to all. It includes a Friday evening
reception at the conference hotel, Saturday morning breakfast at the
hotel, and Saturday lunch at KITP. Register by December 15, 2019.
Generous support for travel and lodging expenses is available for
current teachers. Financial aid will be awarded on a rolling basis,
beginning on October 21.
Contact Claudia Gutierrez (kitpconf@kitp.ucsb.edu) if you have questions.
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