Fearful Symmetry

An evening sponsored by the Institute of Physics, looking at symmetry in physics, music, art, maths and biochemistry. Symmetry is a major player in life. We are attracted to symmetry and symmetrical faces. The fact that symmetry evolved is itself a mystery. The drug thalidomide was stigmatized as a killer in the 1970s, when its use as a pain-killer by pregnant mothers led to seriously deformed babies. But we now know that the thalidomide molecule comes in two symmetrical forms; the right-handed form is useful and benign, the left hand form is – in both senses – sinister. What about space-time, is that symmetrical, or right-handed, or is it perhaps, sinister?

Tickets £7.00 / Conc £5.00 / IOP members £3.00

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