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14 Jan |
E. Verlinde (Utrecht) |
From quantum fields to gravity and strings |
28 Jan |
G. Ahlers (UCSB/Bayreuth) |
Experiments on spatio-temporal complexity |
11 Feb |
H. Stoof (Utrecht) |
The physics of Bose-Einstein condensates |
4 Mar |
J.P. Toennies (Göttingen) |
How many 4He atoms are needed to make a superfluid? |
18 Mar |
B. Barbara (Neel lab., Grenoble) |
Quantum and classical aspects of magnetisation reversal in nano-particles |
1 Apr |
V. Icke (Leiden/Amsterdam) |
Death becomes them (the end of Sun-like stars) |
8 Apr |
S. Leibler (Princeton/EMBL, Heidelberg) |
On collective phenomena in the cell |
22 Apr |
F. Wilczek (IAS, Princeton/Leiden) |
Getting its from bits: Modern Pythagorism |
6 May |
E. Otten (Mainz) |
Measurement of the form factors of the neutron and the human lung with polarized He-3 |
13 May |
S. Sachdev (Yale) |
Dynamics near quantum phase transitions: a perspective on correlated electron systems |
27 May |
G. Veneziano (CERN, Geneva) |
String cosmology and the beginning-of-time myth |
4 Nov |
W. Ketterle (MIT) |
Keeping the focus on Bose-Einstein condensates |
25 Nov |
P.C.E. Stamp (UBC, Vancouver) |
Quantum irreversibility: The fundamental mechanisms of decoherence |
9 Dec |
J.L. van Hemmen (TU München) |
Sound localization in the barn owl: Tuning neuronal hardware with microsecond precision |