The Random Universe

LOCATION: Martin Wood Lecture Theatre, Clarendon Laboratory, Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3PU

In this lecture, inspired by my book, The Random Universe, I will weave science, philosophy, and history, from David Hume’s challenge to the probabilistic insights of Thomas Bayes.

I will tell stories such as Arthur Eddington’s eclipse expedition that confirmed Einstein’s theory of gravity, and explore ideas from thermodynamics and quantum mechanics that place fundamental limits on certainty.

I will also discuss modern debates about the Big Bang and the difficulty of extracting truth from imperfect data. I will reflect on how science builds knowledge—and why that process matters today.

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Host or Publisher Astrophysics, University of Oxford