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Science & Cocktails: Elegant Universe - Discovering the Cosmic Principles

maandag 27 oktober 2025

In Tolhuistuin - Club

Zaal open: 19:00, Voorprogramma: 19:30, Hoofdprogramma: 20:30

This special edition is supported by the NWA consortium 'Emergence at all Scales'. Event in English, semi-seated.

Programma half zittend, half staand

Science & Cocktails is a series of public talks by scientists with live music and smoky dry-ice chilled cocktails in your hand.

19:00 doors open for cocktails
19:30 BERTHAJU (live)
20:30 Neil Turok (talk)

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Science & Cocktails: Elegant Universe - Discovering the Cosmic Principles

Why is physics so central to other sciences? What are its deepest contradictions and what are our best clues to resolving them? What are the prospects for the future?

The laws of physics govern everything from subatomic quantum particles to the cosmos. Yet, despite their astonishing range and successes, deep contradictions remain. Recent observations of the universe have revealed surprising simplicity and order, providing powerful clues to how these puzzles might be resolved. They encourage us to look beyond currently popular paradigms, to re-examine our prior prejudices and to find simpler and more powerful explanations. The search for understanding connects us and inspires us to look to the future with hope.

This event is an initiative by the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena (DIEP) with the support of the University of Amsterdam. Science & Cocktails Amsterdam is presented in cooperation with Paradiso Amsterdam.

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Neil Turok
BERTHAJU

BERTHAJU

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About the professor

Born in South Africa to anti-apartheid activists, Neil Turok is a world-leading cosmologist. After studies in Cambridge, London and California, he was Professor of Physics at Princeton, Chair of Mathematical Physics at Cambridge and then Director of the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada. He is now the Higgs Chair of Theoretical Physics in Edinburgh. Neil’s research focuses on developing and testing theories of the cosmos. His predictions about the radiation from the big bang including its polarization pattern and correlation with the galaxy distribution, caused by dark energy, were experimentally confirmed. He has disproved a number of popular theories using both theoretical arguments and comparison with observation. In 2003, Neil founded the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS) which operates centres in South Africa, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon and Rwanda. With over 4,000 alumni, AIMS now runs leading-edge programs in AI, epidemiology, quantum computing and other fields.

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About BERTHAJU

BERTHAJU is a female gaze indie rock band based in Rotterdam (NL). Along with songs about old white men getting divorced, and caring less about what other people think, you can expect a full-on show with choreography and the bass player breaking his legs while jumping. A must-see for fans of Wet Leg, Orla Gartland, and Paramore, BERTHAJU is not leaving the stage until everyone is sweating and dancing their ass off.

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Route naar Tolhuistuin

Tolhuistuin (voorheen Paradiso Noord) is gevestigd aan IJpromenade 2 in Amsterdam Noord. Vanaf Amsterdam Centraal kun je met de gratis veerpont naar de overkant, waar je na links af te hebben geslagen, tegen Tolhuistuin aanloopt. Voor clubnachten wordt de ingang aan de achterkant gebruikt (Buiksloterweg 5C), die te bereiken is via het Overhoeksplein.

Eten vooraf
Bij Tolhuistuin is het mogelijk om vooraf te dineren in het gezellige restaurant in hetzelfde gebouw. Reserveren is aan te raden en kan via deze website.

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