An event featuring Harvard astrophysicist and member of the ICTP scientific council Lisa Randall, in conversation with Italian science journalist Barbara Gallavotti, is taking place today, Tuesday 21 May, from 18:30 to 19:30hrs at Teatro dei Fabbri, via dei Fabbri 2/A, Trieste.

The event is organised by SISSA in collaboration with ICTP as part of the local science and literature festival 'Scienza e Virgola'. It is entitled: 'Knocking on Heaven’s Door. L'Universo come non lo abbiamo mai conosciuto', and the programme of Scienza e Virgola describes it as follows:

“Based on the title of one of her most famous popular science books, Harvard astrophysicist Lisa Randall will talk with Italian science journalist Barbara Gallavotti about the myriad ways in which science, from Galileo to Einstein, has looked at the infinite space that surrounds us in an attempt to understand its laws. But there is more to Lisa Randall's story: there is the story of how scientists decide what problems to tackle and how to go about solving them; of why risk, creativity, beauty and truth are the true drivers of scientific thinking.”

The event is free and there is no need to register. It will be translated simultaneously.

Barbara Gallavotti is a science communicator, a writer, as well as the author and presenter of Quinta Dimensione a science program produced by the Italian national TV channel Rai3. 

Lisa Randall works on particle physics and cosmology at Harvard University. She is a member of the American National Academy of Sciences, of the American Philosophical Society and of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

We hope to see you today at Teatro dei Fabbri!

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