The event is aimed at the CERN community and CERN Alumni and Retirees, therefore physical attendance will require having a valid CERN access card. 

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The author of 'The Beauty of Falling - A Life in Pursuit of Gravity' will give a talk about her new book at the CERN Library:

The book:

Gravity is the overarching miracle connecting everything, everywhere, forever in the Universe but the brightest minds in physics have yet to uncover its secrets. Join Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London as she narrates her captivating adventure, navigating through the different meanings of gravity, intertwined with her personal life experience challenging gravity and pushing the limits of knowledge as she unravels the turbulent tales of her success. 

The event will be followed by a Q&A and signing sessions. The book is available from the CERN Library & Bookshop in English and French.

About the author: 

Claudia de Rham is professor of theoretical physics at Imperial College London and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. She researches gravity, particle physics, and cosmology, in pursuit of a more fundamental description of the nature of our Universe and the laws that govern it. Her work has provided new perspectives to understand the origin of the Universe, its accelerated expansion, and the fundamental nature of gravity. She is ranked among the most impactful researchers in fundamental physics of the past decade and her contributions to science has been recognized by numerous grants and awards including the Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award, the Adams Prize for contributions to Mathematics, named as Simons Investigator in Physics in 2020, winner of the Blavatnik Award for Young Physicists in the UK in 2020 and of the Beate Naroska Senior Guest Professorship Award in 2022. She is the author of a popular science book “The Beauty of Falling – A Life in Pursuit of Gravity,” to be released in April 2024.