RETHINKING PHYSICS: A Century of Quantum Mechanics — Time for a Female Perspective!
Natural Sciences

RETHINKING PHYSICS: A Century of Quantum Mechanics — Time for a Female Perspective!

We’re celebrating 100 years of quantum mechanics! The Würzburg–Dresden Cluster of Excellence ctd.qmat — Complexity, Topology and Dynamics in Quantum Matter — presents the exhibition RETHINKING PHYSICS, featuring portraits of accomplished and aspiring women researchers. They share their passion for science, their achievements, and their goals — and champion a vision of physics free from stereotypes and social expectations. Some of the women featured in the exhibition will be there in person.
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Technische Universität Dresden (TUD)
Exzellenzcluster ctd.qmat
Hermann-Krone-Bau
Eigang Helmholtzstr.
Nöthnitzer Straße 61
01187 Dresden (Dresdner Süden)
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Description

Just 2.2 percent of Nobel Prizes in Physics have been awarded to women. These figures reflect history: women weren’t allowed to enroll in German universities until 1900, and nearly two decades passed before the first were permitted to qualify for academic careers. Yet some were far ahead of their time. In the 1930s, Grete Hermann produced pioneering work on the interpretation of quantum mechanics — work that remained largely unknown within the scientific community. Decades later, a physicist from Northern Ireland reached similar conclusions and formulated Bell’s inequality.

Today, ctd.qmat’s network of women researchers bears Grete Hermann’s name.

At Dresden Science Night (#LNDWDD), ctd.qmat invites you to meet women quantum physicists. Be inspired by their stories!

Information on the event format

Exhibition Suitable for children Guided tour

Stations

Helmholtzstraße

  • 85 (bus)

Mommsenstraße

  • 66 (bus)

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