Theorie Kolloquium | July 18, 17:30
The rise of probability in physics — a personal view
Later than in other fields of science but eventually even more strongly probability has come to play a dominant role in physical theories. Starting with the middle of the nineteenth century in classical physics, it now dominates classical and quantum statistics, quantum theory, classical chaos, and random-matrix theory. I follow the lines of the historical development and show how in all cases probability forced itself upon the physicists of the time, often against their will.
MPI Heidelberg
Seminar Room 0.03, ETP
Contact: Sebastian Diehl