Einstein Symposium

Welcome to the Einstein Symposium

Physics in the 21st Century -- 100 Years after Einstein's "Annus Mirabilis"
Pauli Lectures and Latsis Symposium
A Celebration of The World Year of Physics and of 150 Years of ETH Zurich
hosted by ETH and the University of Zurich

Tuesday, June 7 - Saturday, June 11 2005

Einstein Symposium: Photo Gallery

The year 2005 marks the 100th anniversary of Einstein famous papers on the discovery of the photon, special relativity, and Brownian motion. UNESCO has declared 2005 a "World Year of Physics". Furthermore, in 2005 ETH will celebrate its 150th anniversary.

In 1896, Einstein enrolled as an undergraduate student of mathematics and physics at ETH, graduating in 1900. In 1905, he earned a PhD at the University of Zurich. From 1909 till 1911, he was a professor of physics at the University of Zurich, and from 1912 till 1914 he was on the faculty of ETH.

The year 2005 is thus a very special year, not only for the world physics community, but also for physics in Switzerland and in particular, for ETH Zurich. The department of Physics of ETH Zurich, in collaboration with the committee in charge of preparing the 150th anniversary of ETH and with the University of Zurich, has thus decided to organize an International Symposium on problems and themes in modern physics loosely connected with or inspired by Einstein's scientific work.

Pauli Lecture Movies:

Movie 1 : Reinhard Genzel Massive Black Holes - Gravity Strikes Back
Movie 2 : Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Atoms and Photons - How Far Reaching were Einstein's Ideas?
Movie 3 : Wolfgang Ketterle Ultracold Gases - Quantum Mechanics Near Absolute Zero Temperature

 Einstein -
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   Einstein -
   Parade von Einstein's Erben
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   Movies

Opening Movie
Prof. Altshuler
Prof. Ashby
Prof. Chayes
Prof. Connes
Prof. Dijkgraaf
Prof. Gisin
Prof. Gross
Prof. Lieb)
Prof. Maldacena
Prof. Mermin
Prof. Rees
Prof. Renn
Prof. Rodnianski
Prof. Steinhardt
Prof. Wüthrich
Closing Movie