Events for April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
Babak Ashrafi, Philadelphia Area Center for History of Science
“Using the Ether to Save Quantum Mechanics”
Philadelphia Area Seminar on the History of Mathematics (PASHoM) | Visit site »
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: Villanova University
As Max Born fled Germany in 1933, he started a research project in which he used concepts and methods from ether theory to reformulate classical electrodynamics in order to produce a quantum electrodynamics. In this talk, Ashrafi will describe the circumstances that led Born to leap backwards in order to try and leap forwards, what he and his collaborators achieved, and what this episode tells us about the history of the development of quantum mechanics.
April 10, 2008
James A. Schafer, Drexel University
“An Introduction to the Social History of American Doctors, 1850-Present”
Drexel University, Great Works Symposium | Visit site »
Time: 6:00 - 7:20 p.m.
Place: Disque Hall, Room 108, 32nd & Chestnut Streets, Drexel University
Free and Open to the Public
For more information contact Scott Knowles, works@drexel.edu