What: Dr. Lisa Randall: "Invigorating Physics with Extra Dimensions"
2009 Benjamin Franklin Creativity Laureate
In her conversation with Professor Michael Turner, University of Chicago

Wine and Hors d’oeuvres Reception follows the program

When: Friday, April 24, 7 p.m.

In her distinguished career, Lisa Randall hit the ground running and quickly established herself by earning tenure at Princeton, MIT, and Harvard. Even while at Stuyvesant High School in New York City, she tied for first place in the national Westinghouse Science Talent Search.

Her desire to learn the physics underlying the standard model of particle physics led her to research and work on the standard model, supersymmetry, cosmology, string theory, and grand unified theories, among other subjects. But she has become best known for her work involving extra dimensions of space, or “warped” geometries, and her suggestion that might explain the weakness of gravity or allow us to live in a world with an infinite extra dimension—possibly even in a three-dimensional sinkhole in a higher-dimensional universe. This resulted in her being the most cited theoretical physicist in the world.

Randall has organized many conferences and served on the editorial board of several major journals. She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Arts and Sciences. Time magazine included her in its 2007 list of the 100 most influential people, and Newsweek cited Randall as “one of the most promising theoretical physicists of her generation.” Her book Warped Passages was included in the New York Times' list of 100 most notable books of 2005.

Participants enjoy a wine and hors d’oeuvres reception after the program.

Reservations: Wharton Club members - $20/person
Guests - $20/person, for up to 3 guests per member
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Location: Baird Auditorium, National Museum of Natural History, 10th & Constitution Ave., NW