From the Enlightenment to the "Enphotonment"

Speaker: Dimitri V. Nanopoulos

Dates

Prices

Free Admission

Location

Onassis Library

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Tuesday
Time
18:30 - 20:30
Venue
Onassis Library (Amalias 56, Athens)

The academic and distinguished professor of High-Energy Physics, Dimitri V. Nanopoulos, takes us from the "Age of Enlightenment" to the first circle of Educational Programs for adults at Onassis Library.

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During the Enlightenment ideas and notions about the universe are changing radically. The geocentric system give way to new discoveries of Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler and Newton.

What was the worldview of the Greeks in the 18th century? What were the spiritual barriers which Greeks had to overcome in order to follow the new natural philosophy that was developing rapidly in the West? What is the current situation in education and science in Greece? Does Greece need a new Enlightenment?

Speaker

  • Full Member of the Academy of Athens Distinguished Professor of High Energy Physics, Texas A&M University, USA

    Dimitri V. Nanopoulos