Our Chiral Universe - Professor David Tong

Name: Our Chiral Universe - Professor David Tong
Start: 2025-10-13T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-13T19:00:00+01:00
Location: Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre

Schedule

Mon Oct 13 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre | Cambridge, EN

The fundamental laws of physics look different when reflected in a mirror. This is the statement that the laws of physics have a handedness, what physicists call chirality. This is one of the most important facts that we know about the universe, a fact that, remarkably, goes a long way to fixing the mathematical structure of the laws of nature. I will explain how we know about this handedness, why it’s so important, and why there are still several chiral mysteries that remain unsolved.