Lunch & Learn — The 2021 Nobel Prizes
- Dec. 9, 2021 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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For 120 years, Nobel Prizes have recognized research in a variety of disciplines. Recipients are at the top of their fields. But why?
In this Lunch & Learn, Augustana faculty will give short, simplified explanations of the contributions behind the 2021 Nobel prizes in literature and physics.
Prize in Literature (presented by Stephanie Oliver, associate professor of English): awarded to Abdulrazak Gurnah “for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.”
Prize in Physics (presented by Greg King, associate professor of environmental science): presenting on one half portion of the jointly-awarded prize “for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex systems” to Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann “for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”. He will also touch upon the other half of the prize, awarded to Giorgio Parisi “for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales.” - Cost
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