Ken Wharton - Physics vs. Time Travel

Everyone loves a good time travel story, but given what we know - and don’t know - about physics, is time travel in any way plausible? Using popular movies as a framework, Professor Wharton will outline several distinct categories of consistent time travel stories, and discuss possible connections with actual physics.

Ken Wharton is a professor in the department of Physics and Astronomy at San Jose State University. His physics research concerns the foundations of quantum theory, focusing on the role of time and time-symmetry. Ken also had a brief stint as a science fiction author, but now channels those impulses into award-winning popular science essays, including "The Universe is not a Computer".

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For those first-timers, our schedule for the evening normally goes like this:

6:30-7:15 - Mingle and eat dinner
7:15-7:30 - ACSJ announcements
7:30-8:00 - Main Presentation
8:00-8:30 - Q&A
8:30-9:30 - More meet and mingle

See you there!!