"Galileo peered into outer space with his telescope. Giorgio Parisi peered into inner space with mathematics, and asked questions about apparently banal materials like glass, that were deep and impacted many areas of physics."

It is hard to think of a more allround theoretical physicist than Georgio Parisi, who has touched so many fields, from quarks to glasses, from polymers to the brain, finding order where others see chaos.

Still time to register! Enjoy the Tatiana Afanassjewa lecture by Delta ITP’s Alessandra Silvestri from home, starting at 19:30.

Finished the GR course. I really enjoyed it. Such a wonderful subject to teach. My lecture notes can be found here: cosmology.amsterdam/general-relati… Hardly anything is original (mostly following Sean Carroll and David Tong), but I drew lots of figures.

🚨 I have a last-minute postdoc opening. 🚨 Please apply to join us in Amsterdam (or share with people you think might be interested). GRAPPA Centre UvA Amsterdam Amsterdam Theoretical Physics Delta ITP vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdo…

Highly recommended!

Pia and I and our family will never forget our ten magical years Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). With our gratitude for everyone’s support and friendship. (photo: Roger Neve)

Happily surprised with the nomination of Robbert Dijkgraaf as the new Dutch Minister of Education, Culture and Science. Congratulations and welcome back!

Tune in for Jaco de Swart’s PhD defense! How Dark Matter Came to Matter - A History of Missing Mass, 1930-1974, GRAPPA Centre, Institute of Physics webcolleges.uva.nl/Mediasite/Play…

We are proud to present our magazine special about Delta ITP, made together with New Scientist NL! Read it online via: tinyurl.com/5yfasjcf (or in NL: tinyurl.com/epedcync)

Starting today: two weeks of strings, strings and more strings at the biennal Amsterdam String Summer Workshop. Institute of Physics Amsterdam Theoretical Physics iop.uva.nl/content/resear…

The last two days of the workshop will be devoted to celebrating Herman en Erik Verlinde’ 60th birthday, with special talks, guests and activities during July 14-15. For information about the Verlinde Fest: iop.uva.nl/content/resear…

Science & Cocktails is an initiative by the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP). This episode is integrated in the Amsterdam String Theory Workshop 2022 and the Verlinde^2 Fest.

‘Every theoretical physicist should have a twin brother’ Erik Verlinde at the Verlinde^2-lecture, on being twins for 60 years with Herman Verlinde. At the Verlinde-Fest at the end of the Amsterdam String Workshop 2022. Congratulations and cheers!

BREAKING NEWS: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physics to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger.

Learn more about the 2022 #NobelPrize in Physics Press release: bit.ly/3UxyMkP Popular information: bit.ly/3C45HGt Advanced information: bit.ly/3DJZuAM