[PhilPhys] Deadline approaching: Summer School "The Nature of Entropy"

[Dustin Lazarovici]

Application deadline: March 15, 2019

Summer School The Nature of Entropy I: From thermodynamics to black holes

Date and Location: July 22 - 27, 2019 in Saig, Germany

Description: Entropy is a central physical concept. Considerations about entropy have been indispensable, from its introduction into thermodynamics by Clausius, to the statistical mechanics of Boltzmann and Gibbs, to debates over black hole entropy which is arguably our best guide to a theory of quantum gravity. But do we really understand what entropy is and how it comes to appear in physical laws? There are at least six distinct definitions of a quantity called "entropy" to consider (Clausius, Boltzmann, Gibbs, Shannon, von Neumann, Bekenstein-Hawking). What is their significance, and how are they related? The interdisciplinary summer school wants to tackle these questions head-on. By bringing together young researchers, PhD students, and internationally acclaimed experts working on statistical mechanics, cosmology and the philosophy of science, we will investigate the notion of entropy, highlight its role at the forefront of modern physics, and discuss related philosophical issues.

Organizers: Jean Bricmont (UCLouvain), Detlef Dürr (LMU), Michael Esfeld (UNIL), Dustin Lazarovici (UNIL), Tim Maudlin (NYU), Paula Reichert (LMU)

Speakers: Valia Allori (Northern Illinois University), Julian Barbour, Jean Bricmont (UCLouvain), Erik Curiel (MCMP / LMU Munich), Sheldon Goldstein (Rutgers), Barry Loewer (Rutgers), Anna Marmodoro (Oxford), Tim Maudlin (NYU), John Norton (Pittsburgh), Katie Robertson (Birmingham), Daniel Sudarsky (UNAM), Antoine Tilloy (MPQ, Munich), Daniel von Wachter (Liechtenstein), Aron Wall (Stanford), Hans Westman (Alef Omega Inc.), Nino Zanghì (Genova)

For more details, program, and application visit: https://philphys.net/entropy/



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Dr. Dustin Lazarovici
Université de Lausanne
Faculté des lettres
Section de philosophie
1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Office: Anthropole 5086 (UNIL-Dorigny)

https://dustinlazarovici.com


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