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Talks & Thoughts

Science and humanity

Dates

Prices

Free admission

Location

Onassis Stegi

Time & Date

Day
Time
Venue
Day
Monday
Time
19:00
Venue
Main Stage

Information

Tickets

Free admission

General Information

Entrance to all the events in the “Talks and Thoughts” Cycle is free and on a first come, first served basis.
The distribution of entrance tickets begins one (1) hour before each event.
Simultaneous translation is provided in the case of speakers using a language other than Greek.

The celebrated physicist, Dimitri Nanopoulos, and the distinguished linguistician, George Babiniotis, explore the relationship between Science and the principles and values of contemporary humanism.

Exchanging views with each other and with the Onassis Stegi audience, the celebrated physicist, Dimitri Nanopoulos, and the distinguished linguistician, George Babiniotis, explore the relationship between Science—and the Positive Sciences, in particular—and the principles and values of contemporary humanism.

Taking their dialogue in the exceptionally well-received book "From the creation of the Cosmos to the creation of language" (in Greek) as their starting point, they discuss the role of a new humanism oriented towards the problems and challenges of the 21st century; a humanism which, capable of comprehending and utilizing the mind-bending achievements of science, can make a creative impact on the future development of the sciences, encouraging the “unity of disciplines” and guiding knowledge away from ‘artfulness’ and back towards ‘wisdom’.

Speakers

  • Professor Honorary and Emeritus of Linguistics, and former Chancellor, of the University of Athens

    George Babiniotis

  • Distinguished Professor of Physics at Texas A&M University, and a regular member of the Academy of Athens, Greece

    Dimitri Nanopoulos

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