Nergis Mavalvala, Marble Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will present “The Warped Universe: The One Hundred Year Quest to Discover Einstein’s Gravitational Waves” Tuesday, April 25, 2017, at 6 p.m. at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, MacLean Ballroom, 112 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
Admission is free and open to the public. No pre-registration is required but space is limited. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.
This event is co-sponsored by the University of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Additional information is available online.
Abstract
In 2016, scientists announced the first ever detection of gravitational waves from colliding black holes, launching a new era of gravitational wave astrophysics. Gravitational waves were predicted by Einstein hundred years earlier. I will describe the scientific and human story behind these discoveries that provide a window into some of the most violent and warped events in the Universe.