April 10, 2007
Nobel physicist ‘Putting It All Together' in Clark lecture April 26
 Worcester, Mass. - Frank Wilczek, eminent physicist and recipient of the 2004 Nobel Prize, will present "Putting It All Together," a free, public lecture beginning at 4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 26, in Razzo Hall, Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street. A reception will follow in the Melville Lobby.
This event is part of the Clark University President's Lecture Series.
Professor Wilczek won the 2004 Nobel Prize in Physics (along with coworkers David Gross and David Pulitzer) for his discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of strong interaction, which allows physicists to calculate the cross sections of various events in particle physics.
Professor Wilczek has earned an extensive number of honors and awards for his research, including the 2003 Lilienfeld Prize of the American Physical Society; the 2003 Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Commemorative Medal from Charles University, Prague; and the 2005 King Faisal International Prize for Science. He has contributed to advancements in research in such areas as pure particle physics, the behavior of matter at ultra-high temperature or density (applicable to understanding stellar behavior), black holes, the invention of axions, quantum chromodynamics, and the field uses of quantum physics.
He holds the Herman Feshbach Professorship of Physics at MIT, and has also taught at Princeton and the University of California at Santa Barbara. He was the first permanent member of the National Science Foundation's Institute for Theoretical Physics.
Professor Wilczek is also known for his ability to communicate successfully with a wide range of audiences. Much in demand for public lectures, he has been anthologized in the "Norton Anthology of Light Verse" and twice in "Best American Science Writing" (2003, 2005). Together with his wife, Betsy Devine, he wrote "Longing for the Harmonies," which explores the metaphysical and intellectual connections between physics and music. He contributes regularly to Physics Today and to Nature, explaining topics at the frontiers of physics to wider scientific audiences. His book, "Fantastic Realities: 49 Mind Journeys and a Trip to Stockholm," (2006) is described by K.C. Cole, award-winning author, professor, and science journalist, as "a feast of continual surprise and insight from a mischievous physics mensch who always has a twinkle in his eye."
Clark University's President's Office, Dean of the College Office and Physics Department sponsor this lecture, at which the University will bestow an
honorary Doctor of Science degree upon Professor Wilczek. Initiated by Clark's President John Bassett in 2002, the President's Lecture Series includes two-three
lectures a year with eminent speakers in the sciences, arts, humanities and international relations.
Lectures are free and open to the public and are sponsored by
Clark University's Higgins School of Humanities. For more information, call 508-793-7320.
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