Seminário

There is no scientific method

Sala 1.4.14, Ciências ULisboa

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Por Marina Cortês (Institute for Astrophysics and Space Sciences, FCUL).

I will share details of how we can stimulate intellectual excellence and independent thinking in science. Further I will introduce the new scientific topic of biocosmology, that I founded with Andrew Liddle, Stuart Kauffman and Lee Smolin. Biocosmology is the first attempt to describe living systems using theoretical physics’ tools from a first principles approach. The method allowing us to do so, the TAP equation, is based on the Theory of the Adjacent Possible proposed by MacArthur Prize Stu Kauffman. A layman introduction to biocosmology can be found in the press release https://iai.tv/articles/the-most-complex-thing-in-the-universe-auid-2110. The three scientific articles can be found at biocosmology.earth.

Short bio: Marina Cortês has done extensive work in cosmology, both in large observational collaborations such as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and MS-DESI, and from a purely theoretical perspective. Her work has influenced our understanding of the Universe’s youngest stages-the Cosmic Microwave Background-the mystery of its present acceleration, and especially the fundamental nature of time itself. In 2015 she was awarded the Inaugural Buchalter Cosmology Prize, jointly with Lee Smolin.

Cartaz do evento

14h00-15h00
Departamento de Física | Ciências ULisboa