Max-von-Laue-Lecture
In 2000, the DPG initiated a lecture series in honour of Max von Laue. The physicist and Nobel Prize winner, who was President of the German Physical Society from 1931 to 1933, was extraordinarily active in the field of human rights between 1933 and 1945.
The Max-von-Laue-Lectures take place as part of the DPG Annual Meetings and are given by scientists who are distinguished by their strong political or social commitment.
The Max-von-Laue-Lecture 2026 will be held on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 20:00 in the AudiMax.
David Gross, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
is speaking about
"My journey in Nuclear Physics – Quantum Chromodynamics and the threat of nuclear annihilation"
Abstract:
In this talk I shall shall briefly describe my journey in Nuclear Physics—from the discovery of asymptotic freedom and the development of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) to my recent attempts to warn the world about the threat of nuclear war.
The lecture will be in English.