'The Physics of the Wood of Hallaig' - Howie Firth
'Tha tìm, am fiadh, an Coille Hallaig,' wrote Sorley Maclean. 'Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig.' That, says Howie Firth, is an extraordinarily powerful image that reaches across into the territory of physics - at a time when a growing number of physicists recognise that the concept of time needs to be fundamentally rethought. He looks at the various images of time - as the circling stars, as a river, as a thin straight line, and as a ticking clock - and at the images of two other great Scottish writers, Edwin Muir and Eric Linklater. Remarkably, he says, new work in fundamental physics in recent months is speaking very much the same language as they used. So could Sorley MacLean's image of time also enrich an understanding of physics at the frontiers?Date: 14/11/07
Start Time: 20:00:00
Venue: Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Seòmar Chruinneachaidh
Audience Numbers: 40
Type: Talks and Literature