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PV VI

PV VI: Plenary Talk

Tuesday, March 16, 2004, 10:00–11:00, H22

Einstein, Picasso: Space, Time and the Beauty That Causes Havoc. — •Arthur I. Miller —

Einstein and Picasso both came of age at the exact moment in history when it was first becoming apparent that classical, intuitive ways of understanding space and time were not adequate. They were both working on the same problem: the nature of space and time and, more particularly, simultaneity. Their results dramatically changed art and science.