In honour of Professor Oliver Penrose, this symposium celebrated his honourary degree, awarded by Heriot-Watt University, in recognition of his lifetime achievements and fundamental contributions in statistical physics.
Events
Oliver Penrose – a symposium in celebration of his work and achievements
07 - 07 Dec 2021
Hybrid - Bayes Centre / Online
About
Programme
Meet the speakers
Beatrice Pelloni
Heriot-Watt University
Opening remarks
Mathew Penrose
University of Bath
Coverage and connectivity in stochastic geometry
John Ball
Heriot-Watt University
Viscoelasticity and monodromy
Peter Fratzl
Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam
Surface tension and tissue growth
Bálint Tóth
University of Bristol and Rényi Institute Budapest
Invariance Principle for the Random Lorentz Gas - Beyond the Boltzmann-Grad Limit
Break
Joel Lebowitz
Rutgers University
Statistical mechanical ensembles and typical behavior of macroscopic systems
Closing remarks
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