Kip Thorne Colloquium: Geometrodynamics: The Nonlinear Dynamics of Curved Spacetime

ICTP Colloquium by Prof. Kip S. Thorne,
Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology

Abstract:
A half century ago, John Wheeler challenged his students and colleagues to explore geometrodynamics by asking, how does the curvature of spacetime behave when roiled in a storm, like a storm at sea with crashing waves? We tried to explore this, and failed. Success eluded us until two new tools became available: computer simulations, and gravitational wave observations. Thorne will describe what these have begun to teach us, and he will offer a vision for the future of geometrodynamics.

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