[Todos] HOY: Coloquio Extraordinario DF - Serge Haroche (Premio Nobel Fisica 2012), 16hs, Aula Magna, Pab. I

[Augusto Roncaglia]

COLOQUIO EXTRAORDINARIO EN EL DF FCEYN - UBA

Auspiciado por la Fundación Bunge y Born, en ocasión de la entrega del
Premio Fundación Bunge y Born 2017 al Dr. Carlos Balseiro.


              En el Aula Magna, 1er piso, Pab. I,

              MARTES 29/8, 16hs:

              SERGE HAROCHE

              College de France.
              Premio Nobel de Física 2012.


*How blue sky research and innovations nourish each other*

Basic science and technology have always progressed together. Since the
dawn of modern science, fundamental discoveries motivated by mere curiosity
have led to the development of new tools, which in turn have increased our
ability to investigate Nature, leading to further discoveries. The
electromagnetic theory in the nineteen century and quantum theory in the
twentieth provide striking illustrations of this virtuous circle. These
theories were born to answer fundamental questions about the world, without
any specific application in mind. And yet, after the laws ruling the
behavior of light and matter have been uncovered, technologies exploiting
these rules have emerged, which would have astonished the founding fathers
of these theories. In the last century, computers, lasers, atomic clocks,
magnetic resonance imaging machines have been invented, improving
tremendously our means to communicate, to calculate, to store information
and to orient ourselves in space. These devices have also been essential to
carry experiments deepening our fundamental understanding about the
universe and about life. I will describe how these devices have emerged
from basic discoveries after a long maturation time. This fruitful
symbiosis between basic and applied science is more than ever essential. In
my own field of investigation, fundamental advances in the manipulation of
real or artificial atoms and photons may lead to the development of new
quantum technologies. What exactly these technologies will be able to
achieve remains a guess. But one thing is sure: giving today to scientists
the freedom to pursue their curiosity driven quest for knowledge is an
essential condition for the birth of tomorrow’s innovations.
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