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When Bertolt Brecht looked into Heisenberg´s microscope

Lukas Mairhofer and others · CERN

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In the talk, Lukas Mairhofer will discuss the interference between Brecht's theatre and quantum physics as well as its philosophical consequences.

The talk will be introduced by a short theatre play, quoting three scenes of Brecht's 'Life of Galileo', 'Fear and Misery of the Third Reich' and 'Exile Dialogues', which all are in relationship to physics and science philosophy.

The talk

  1. When Bertolt Brecht looked into Heisenberg´s microscope 2013-10-28 · 1 h 5 min · CERN's player

Credits and licence

Institution
CERN
Department
ConCERNed for Humanity
Taught by
Lukas Mairhofer, Andrej Peter, Karin Ernst, Lukas Arnold
Year
2013
Language
English
Source
CERN
Licence
CERN, as CERN states it. CERN's terms
Attribution
© CERN. CERN provides its audiovisual media free of charge for educational and informational use, credited to CERN; this lecture is shown in CERN's own player.
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