Black Holes, Quantum Myths and Minecraft: Physics in the Pub

Can a black hole be donut shaped? Are we all quantum software? And how is a climate model like Minecraft? These are the things that physicists wonder, out loud on the stage at Smith’s Alternative.

Join us for their ponderings, on a great night of physics and relaxing beverages, in July. Local physicists giving lightning talks that will inspire and amuse, sponsored by the ACT branch of the Australian Institute of Physics.

MC Dr Phil Dooley will make sure we don’t get bogged down in the heavy stuff so settle in for a fun night. Be early to get the best seat!

How Much: FREE! thanks to the Australian Institute of Physics

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THE LINE UP

Dr Rowina Nathan (ANU Centre for Gravitational Astro) studies black holes eating each other, and is going to teach us all how to weigh a black hole with your ears.

There are plenty of myths around quantum technology. Rajiv Shah (MDR Quantum) is going to bust eight of them, in eight minutes.

Can a black hole be in the shape of a donut? Tony Cooke says yes, and better still it eliminates singularities (about time someone did).

Professor Joe Hope (ANU Physics) has an amazing insight: if we are all software then quantum mechanics will make so much more sense. He will be ably assisted by Professor Cedric Simenel (guitar) and Dr Nathalie Amar (accordion).

If you don’t understand climate modelling it’s because you haven’t had it explained to you using Minecraft and an acrostic poem. Katja Curtin (ANU Earth Science) is going to fix that.

When Lakshmi Raja’s (ANU Physics) supervisor told her her PhD was full of holes, she wasn’t upset: they are what she uses to filter out and identify markers for neurodegenerative diseases from blood.

The key to new quantum physics is lasers, says Dr Zain Mehdi (ANU Physics).

MCed by Dr Phil Dooley (Phil Up On Science | ANU Physics)