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FPIRC slutsymposium med Max Tegmark

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Inspirational lecture with MAX TEGMARK

F1, KTH, November 14th 14.30 - 16.15

Welcome to an open lecture with Max Tegmark on Our Mathematical Universe!

The forest products industry research college FPIRC invites you to an open lecture with Max Tegmark, Professor at MIT. In the lecture Our Mathematical Universe Tegmark takes us on a journey in the fascinating world of physics and mathematics! Get ready for an intriguing hour where Tegmark explains his theories: that our physical world not only can be described by mathematics – but that it actually is mathematics! 

 

About Max Tegmark 

Max Tegmark holds an M.Sc.from KTH, an MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics,  a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley and now an active professor at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). He is one of the world’s most cited researchers and has been called ‘the smartest Swede in the world’.

In 2015 he recieved the KTH great price.”By expanding and developing our perspective of mathematics and the universe, we increase our knowledge of the cosmos,” the university’s citation reads. “The physicist and cosmologist Max Tegmark combines a solid research career with equal parts courage, ingenuity and creativity, by developing innovative ideas and tools.”

He is also known for his research on artificial intelligence and is cofounder to Future of Life Institute. Max Tegmark is author of the bestselling books “Our mathematical universe” and “Life 3.0” and has participated in TED2018 and Sommar i P1.

FPIRC – with Passion for Knowledge

Since the start in 1996, the Forest Products Industry Research College FPIRC has coordinated courses for the processes and materials from the forest – always with a strong scientific focus and with a passion for knowledge!

As FPIRC’s activities are becoming a part of the national research platform Treesearch, a symposium will be held at KTH on November 14. The lecture with Max Tegmark is part of this symposium and is open for all interested. FPIRC especially welcomes students!

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