Dear SSJ-Forum subscribers,



You are cordially invited to the second Tokyo College public lecture on Monday, May 27, 2019, 1:30-3:30 pm



"The Gothic Cathedral of Science: The Nobel Prize and the Concept of 'Revolution' "


Speaker: Prof. Svante Lindqvist, former President of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences / former Director of the Nobel Museum


Discussants: Prof. Takaaki Kajita, Nobel Laureate in Physics 2015 / Distinguished University Professor, University of Tokyo

Prof. Takuji Okamoto, Professor of History of Science, University of Tokyo

(The lecture will be followed by a discussion between the three professors.)

https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/news/page_00004.html



Has the Nobel Prize distorted our view of scientific development?


This lecture focuses on the concept of revolution and its relevance for the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry and medicine.

Taking medieval European cathedrals as a metaphor, the lecture will discuss the different ways of viewing scientific development

by sociologists of science on the one hand and by natural scientists on the other.

It will be suggested that the Nobel Prize - since it has existed for such a relatively short time - may have somewhat distorted

our view of scientific development.




Language: English and Japanese (Simultaneous translation available)

Admission is free, but pre-registration required (160 seats - First come, first served).

Please register online via our website < https://bit.ly/2v6Lqgd >.



Tokyo College, the University of Tokyo

https://www.tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/index.html