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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Physicist and renowned broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili takes a look back at a century of quantum mechanics, the strangest yet most successful theory in all of science, and how it has shaped our world. He also looks forward to the exciting new world of Quantum 2.0 and how a deeper understanding of such counterintuitive concepts as quantum superposition and quantum entanglement is leading to the development of entirely new technologies, from quantum computers and quantum sensors to quantum cryptography and the quantum internet.

The United Nations has proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology to celebrate the centenary of quantum mechanics and the revolutionary work of the likes of Werner Heisenberg and Erwin Schrödinger. (This Discourse was recorded at the Royal Institution on 7 November 2025, in partnership with the Institute of Physics.)

MEET THE SPEAKER: Jim Al-Khalili, PhD, CBE FRS (Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the Royal Society) is a quantum physicist, author, broadcaster and well-known science communicator. He is currently Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Surrey where he continues his research in the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum biology. He has written fifteen books, between them translated into over twenty-six languages. He is also a regular presenter of many TV science documentaries, but is probably best-known in the UK for his long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, The Life Scientific.

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LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88384219320?pwd=dlR1WHpBM1JJT2ZXdmE5dSthRWp1UT09
DIAL-IN PHONE NUMBER: 305-224-1968
MEETING ID: 883 8421 9320
PASSCODE: 765292

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