Today, November 23, 3 pm, Big Meeting Room, SISSA Main building, Via Bonomea 265 

First of a series of seminars on the history of science, Malcolm Longair, renowned theoretical physicist and former head of the "mythical" Cavendish Institute in Cambridge, will talk about the role of analogies in the discovery of the laws of electromagnetism by James Clerk Maxwell.

The seminar is public, free of charge and will be held in English

Info: Laboratorio Interdisciplinare - SISSA
Via Bonomea, 265 - 34136 TRIESTE
Mila Bottegal: tel. +39 040 3787549; e-mail: mila.bottegal@sissa.it
Claudia Parma: tel. +39 040 3787401; e-mail: claudia.parma@sissa.it