To celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, there is a special colloquium on
Monday November 16th at 17:30:
"100 Years of General Relativity - From Einstein in 1915 to Relativistic Cosmology in the 21st Century", by Prof. Pedro Ferreira (Oxford University).
Pedro Ferreira is author of the popular scientific book The Perfect Theory.

Details
Monday November 16th
17:00    Borrel
17:30    Colloquium
De Sitterzaal, Oort building

Please don't forget to register through the event page: http://physics.leidenuniv.nl/100-year-general-relativity
Or direct link: https://www.jotform3.leidenuniv.nl/form/52931623011

Abstract
Physical Cosmology is the success story of modern physics. Observations of the large scale structure of the universe
have allowed us to characterize the cosmological model with unprecedented precision. What is less appreciated is that we have
learnt a great deal about the building blocks of Relativistic Cosmology: about space-time, it origins and the role of general
relativity in the evolution of the universe. In this talk I will show how, over the last two decades, we have made tremendous progress in characterizing the overall metric of space-time- its homogeneity and isotropy- as well as its properties at very early times. I will show how exploring general relativity can play a crucial role in solving one of the big cosmological puzzles (the dark energy problem) and how cosmology can be used to find new, precision constraints on general relativity. I will discuss a vision of the future in which we attempt to completely map out the large scale characteristics of space-time using innovative techniques and future surveys.