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Lundi
17 nov/25
13:30 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
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Meet the author of "Scienza Arte Tecnologia: Alleate per l’ambiente"

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Where:  

52/1-052 at CERN

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 new book "Scienza Arte Tecnologia: Alleate per l'ambiente" will give a talk at the CERN Library:

     

Abstract:

The Special Theory of Relativity (SR) is the foundation of modern physics.  We are today facing a challenge: Teaching future researchers about modern developments and clarifying common misconceptions originating in non-invariant aether theories  which linger in minds of many, nourished by books by unqualified authors. It is easy to see this considering the relativistic Doppler effect: how is it possible to measure the relative speed to a star emitting light zillion years ago? Time permitting I will remind that SR was born out of the need to introduce the principle of relativity in electromagnetism (EM). Efforts to construct a consistent relativistic EM theory gave birth to theory of Gravity Relativity (GR) while classical relativistic EM remains a unfinished patchwork. This prompts frequent misunderstanding which my recent book clarifies arguing at a very elementary level accessible to anyone with a general STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) background.

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

About the authors: 

Kerstin Petrick, born in Baden-Baden (Germany), earned a degree in restoration from the University of Florence and a PhD in Natural Sciences from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany. She has lived in Reggio Emilia since 2011. She is a communication and language teacher, artist, art curator, and designer. Her current work in AI generative art is the fruit of deep research, exploration, and intuition. She creates prompts and uses AI tools to generate artistic images. Her pioneering journey at the intersection of art and science in the evolving landscape of AI-driven creative artistic expression is illustrated in the Prinz Gallery, an online art platform she created. In 2024, she founded Contento Consulting, where she offers companies and individuals her expertise in generative AI for creative use in graphics and illustration.

Gianalberto Losapio, a PhD in Ecology from the University of Zurich and former researcher at ETH Zurich and Stanford University, is currently Professor of Botany at the University of Milan. Director of the Biodiversity Change laboratory, which studies changes in biodiversity (www.biodiversitychange.org), as expert in ecology, environment, and Alpine flora and fauna, he is particularly interested in the symbiotic interactions that are threatened by climate change.
His work has highlighted the impoverishment of biodiversity resulting from the retreat of glaciers and has been published in prestigious international journals.
 
Marilena Streit-Bianchi eit Bianchi has been working at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Geneva, Switzerland, where she carried out research, and occupied managerial positions on safety training and technology transfer. She has been responsible for communication and exhibitions in Nairucu Arts, a non-profit Association in Mozambique. She is co-editor of books published by Springer aiming at science, art, physics and environmental education.  She has published in collaboration with Italian and Macedonian artists poems She is Vice-president of the international association ARSCIENCIA.: http://www.arsciencia.org