Science across the pop-verse

Friday 20 Jun 2025, 14:45 → 21:30 Europe/Rome

The PhD seminars final event  is dedicated to the discovery of how science across the pop culture! 

Our speakers will be prof. Lorenzo Caccianiga, a professor in the University of Milan and prof. Marco Drago, a professor in Sapienza University of Rome. They will guide us in a journey to discover how physics shaped the pop culture, from games to music, from the writer Isaac Asimov to the famous Sheldon Cooper. 

After the seminar, following a session of Cluedo - PhD seminar edition , you're all invited to join us for a social dinner which will take place in front of the Edificio Marconi right after the games!

If you want to follow online, the zoom link is here.

See you there!

15:00 → 15:30 Dungeons and Hadrons: Physics in the Forgotten Realms

Speaker: Prof. Lorenzo Caccianiga (Università di Milano)

15:30 → 16:00 From Isaac Asimov to Sheldon Cooper: When science inspires and get inspired

Speaker: Prof. Marco Drago (Sapienza - Università di Roma)

16:00 → 16:30 Higgs Factor: Science Between the Notes

Speaker: Prof. Lorenzo Caccianiga (Università di Milano)

16:30 → 17:00 Discussion

17:00 → 17:30 Break

17:30 → 19:30 Cluedo - PhD seminar Edition

19:30 → 21:30 Social dinner