During the fall semester, we will meet on Fridays from 12-1 pm at 4246 Homer A. Neal.
- September 8 – Preliminary meeting
- September 22 – Work-in-progress talk by Gabriele Carcassi
- October 6 – Pre-read visit from Alexander Blum (MPIWG)
- October 20 – Arthur Eddington, “The End of the World (From the Standpoint of Mathematical Physics)” (1930/1931)
- November 3 – No FOMP!
- November 17 – John S. Bell, “How to teach special relativity” (1976/2004)
- December 1 – Albert Einstein, “Cosmological Considerations in the General Theory of Relativity” (1917)
During the winter semester, we will meet on Fridays from 1-2 pm at 4246 Homer A. Neal.
- January 26 – A. Einstein, B. Podolsky, and N. Rosen, “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?” (1935)
- Optional: N. Bohr “Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?” (1935)
- Optional: Arthur Fine, “Einstein’s Critique of Quantum Theory: The Roots and Significance of EPR” (1996), in The Shaky Game
- February 9 – Work-in-progress talk by Armin Nikkhah Shirazi
- February 16 – Hugh Everett III, “‘Relative State’ Formulation of Quantum Mechanics” (1957)
- March 8 – No FOMP
- March 22 – Work-in-progress talk by Gordon Belot
- April 5 – N. David Mermin, “Hidden variables and the two theorems of John Bell” (1993) [preprint]
- April 19 – Work-in-progress talk by Ed Gillis
Culminating event: June 19.
Contact
Email Francisco Calderón (fcalder@umich.edu) to join our mailing list, fomp.fomp@umich.edu.
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