The "One Says "Three-Body" series of live broadcasts has begun!

In May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic is still raging, our lifestyles have changed dramatically, students take online classes, and we work from home. Mozi Salon also began to try a new way of science popularization - a series of online science courses, of which Wang Yi's "One Says Everything" series was loved by everyone as soon as it was launched. With Mr. Wang's ten-minute narration every session, a century-old picture of modern physics gradually unfolds, bringing knowledge and fun to everyone's home life. The follow-up related book "One Says Everything" was published and well received, and Teacher Wang Yi was also active on more online platforms, becoming a scientific big V who has attracted much attention.

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This year, due to the escalation of the virus, Shanghai, Jilin and other regions have once again transitioned to a state of "slow life" to fight the epidemic. Although we firmly believe that the epidemic will soon pass, in order to let everyone switch channels and feel the positive mood brought by science in addition to "grabbing vegetables", Mozi Salon once again invited Teacher Wang Yi to present us with the "One Say Three-Body" series of popular science, through each 30-40 minutes of live broadcast and the audience to share the science in "Three-Body", hoping that the audience will "one" rise to the future in Wang Yi's wonderful science popularization.

"The Three-Body Problem" is a magnificent work by science fiction writer Liu Cixin, in which there is a star system with three suns four light-years from Earth, with advanced intelligence and civilization. The novel mainly tells about the survival contest between the three-body civilization and the earth civilization, and the dimensionality reduction attack of the higher civilization on the lower civilization. Under the laws of the Dark Forest, the narrative of the whole story is magnificent.

In the extension of science fiction stories, new scientific and technological means and the elaboration of scientific concepts are important ways to promote the plot. When Mr. Wang Yi read "The Three-Body Problem", how would he think about these concepts that made the audience feel new and gripping? Are they possible to achieve under a realistic physical framework? How do physicists "read" science fiction?

Since April 8, 2022 (Friday), every Tuesday and Friday night from 19:00 to 20:00 (tentative), Mozi Salon invited Wang Yi, associate professor of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, to talk about the science in "The Three-Body Problem" and interpret the three-body worldview from the perspective of scientists.

Lecture 1: From the South Gate two to three body problem

Time: April 8, 2022 19:00-20:00

Guest: Wang Yi, Associate Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

A star with planets four light-years away, the closest star to the trisolaran world.

Our nearest star is also four light-years away

You guys?

earth.

In the novel, the trisolaran is the closest star to Earth, while in realistic astronomical observations, "South Gate II" is the closest star system to the Sun, and it has three stars, of which Proxima Centauri is only 4.24 light-years away from the Sun. Is "South Gate II" a prototype reference for the three-body? We know that civilization was not found there.

"One Says "Three-Body" series

Lecture 2: From the Three-Body Problem to nonlinear science

Lecture 3: Space Elevator: Can I Take the Elevator to Space?

Lecture 4: Can you build a non-working rocket?

Lecture 5: Curvature Engine, Wormholes, and Time Machines

Lecture 6: Two-way foil and dimensionality reduction strike

Lecture 7: Is There a Multiverse?

Lecture 8: From Qin Shi Huang to the Computer Age

Lecture 9: The Fermi Paradox and the Search for Extraterrestrial Civilizations

Lecture 10: The Dark Forest, Deterrence, and Game Theory

Lecture 11: Interpreting the Trisolaran Civilization

Lecture 12: Telescopes in The Three-Body Problem

Lecture 13: The Explosion of Technology in "The Three-Body Problem"

Lecture 14: The Philosophy of Science in The Three-Body Problem

Lecture 15: Is Nature Natural?

Lecture 16: Catching Insects: What is the biggest bug in the three-body problem?

Guest Profiles

Wang Yi graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2005 and received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2009. He then did postdoctoral research at McGill University and the IPMU Institute of the University of Tokyo, and was a Hawking Senior Scholar at the University of Cambridge. He joined the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2015. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include the early universe, dark energy, black holes, gravitational waves, etc., and he has been funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Hong Kong and Macao) Outstanding Youth Science Foundation Project and the University of Hong Kong Education Grants Committee Young Scholar Award. In terms of teaching and science popularization, he has participated in the compilation of the sixth edition of "100,000 Whys", published the popular science book "One Says Everything", served as the leader of the Hong Kong International Physics Olympiad in Hong Kong, won the Teaching Award of the School of Science of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and was repeatedly rated as his favorite teacher by students in the school.

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