The Yale Physics 2012 Leigh Page Prize Lectures were held April 16th, April 17th and April 18th 2012 by Nima Arkani-Hamed from the Institute for Advanced Study.
Monday, April 16, 2012 - The future of fundamental physics
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - Why is there a macroscopic universe?
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - Space-time and quantum mechanics in the 21st Century
The Leigh Page Prize Lecture series are given each year by a distinguished physicist in honor of Leigh Page who received his PhD in Physics from Yale in 1913. He was later acting Chair and Director of the Sloane Physics Laboratory. Professor Page devoted his time to teaching (mostly graduate classes), research, and writing several textbooks. Since 1967, several speakers in the Leigh Page Prize Lecture series have later received Nobel Prizes and other notable awards. In connection with the lecture series, a prize is offered to first year graduate students in recognition of their fine academic record and for the promise of important contributions to the field of physics.