| Event Name | What is a Crystal? New Answers to an Old Question |
| Start Date | 11th Aug 2014 8:15pm |
| End Date | 11th Aug 2014 9:30pm |
| Duration | 1 hour and 15 minutes |
| Description |  International Year of Crystallography
Special Free Lectures at McGill University for the Public in conjunction with the 23rd Congress of the International Union of Crystallography
Presented by Professor Ron Lifshitz, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University And Condensed Matter Physics, California Institute of Technology In 1982 Dan Shechtman discovered a new kind of crystal that seemed to contradict the laws of nature. His discovery -- for which he was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry -- ignited a scientific revolution that demonstrated that, in science, what may seem impossible today might turn out to be real tomorrow. We will review this scientific revolution and the many effects it had on science and beyond. |
| Location | Leacock Building, Room 132, McGill University Campus, Montreal, QC Canada |
| Contact | Louise Dawe ldawe@wlu.ca |
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| Category | lectures |