Title: How physics comes to sing in mathematical tune?

Speaker: Prof. YANG Xinnan (NTU）

Moderator: Prof. ZHAO Qiang

Time: 10am, Oct.28

Place: Room 214, IHEP Main Building

Abstract:

That any scientific law and theorem should be expressible in mathematical terms is nowadays taken for granted. This is especially true in physics, where any theory is required to be mathematically complete and self-consistent. Such a high level of sophistication, of course, is not achieved in one day, but rather via the consecutive efforts of many great scientists over the 4,000 years of history. In this talk, the speaker will elaborate and recount the seminal developments which led mathematics to become the language of all physical theories, starting from the Babylonian period chronologically.

About the speaker:

Professor Shin-Nan Yang received his Bachelor degree from NTU Physics Department and Ph.D in Physics from state University of New York at Stony Brook. After postdoctoral work at Brookhaven National Laboratory and University of Washington (Seattle), he came back to join the faculy at NTU Physics Department. His research focuses on Theoretical nuclear and hadron physics. He is also an elected Fellow of the PSROC (2003) and the APS (2002).