Special session: EÖTVÖS 100: novelties from the Roland Eötvös commemorative year
20 Nov, Day 1, 11:00-12:30
Organised by: MTA
Venue: Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Eötvös Loránd portréja. Morelli Gusztáv metszete 1889
2019 is the 100th anniversary year of the death of Roland Eötvös (in Hungarian Eötvös Loránd, 1848- 1919), a pioneer of high precision gravitational physics, founding father of applied geophysics and innovator of higher education. His results are still with us, both in capillarity (before 1880) and in various fields of gravity. The Eötvös rule, Eötvös constant, Eötvös number (all related to surface tension ofliquids), as well as several gravity terms: the Eötvös torsion balance, Eötvös experiment, Eötvös parameter, Eötvös tensor, Eötvös effect, and the Eötvös (E) physical unit. Roland Eötvös was President of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1889-1905), Rector of the leading Hungarian university (now: Eötvös Loránd University), Minister of Religion and Public Education. He was not only a great scientist (explorer of true and deep relations), he was also a great man: supporter of young talents, sports organizer, sportsman, and stereoscopic photographer. At this Side Event, a cross-section is given from the novelties of the Eötvös 100 Commemorative Year (eotvos100.hu), as follows.
Co-Moderators: Kathy Whaler, Alik Ismail-Zadeh
11:00-11:10 The Eötvös 100 Commemorative Year (László Szarka, Chair of Eötvös 100 Coordination Team)
11:10-11:30 Digitalised stereoscopic photos by Roland Eötvös (Zsolt Regály, CSFK Konkoly Observatory)
11:30-11:50 Experiences and results from re-running the Eötvös experiment (Lajos Völgyesi, BME)
11:50-12:00 Discussion
12:00-12:30 Book launch: The Eötvös experiment in its historical framework (Gábor Dávid, Stony Brook University and Jenő Sólyom, President of the Eötvös Loránd Physical Society). Free copies of the English version will be available.
Participants are encouraged to become actively involved; in exchange, they will receive a free copy of the book. In the Academy building, during the whole World Science Forum two Eötvös 100 exhibitions are on show: a Chamber Exhibition in Scientists’ Café and a pop-up-wall in the Gallery.
