Finding Freedom in Physics

There are a number of works written by leading researchers that “popularize” physics to make it accessible to a general audience. One such text is “Seven Brief Lessons on Physics” by Carlo Rovelli which takes the reader through a tour of 20th Century physics leading up to the author’s contributions to quantum understanding which is still one of the “holy grails” of theoretical physics. These treatments of the ‘revolutions’ in physics of the early 20th century lead the reader to an understanding of the world that can be freeing from the confines of space and time, and of determinism. In contrast, the work by Wonchull Park and Mackenzie Hawkins, “ Essential Reality & Time”, focuses on the outcomes of Newton’s Physics and and its ability to free us from counter-productive illusions about reality and focus on the “essential” reality with which we can interact.

Join Dr. Carolyn Sealfon, Dr. Nicholas Gross, and Dr. Raquell Holmes for a discussion of these issues that are presented in these and other popularized texts on physics.