К сожалению, лекция и визит Никласа Манца в объявленные сроки
отменены
по причинам, связанным с карантином и эпидемией коронавируса.
Место: южная физическая аудитория (ЮФА) физического факультета МГУ
In this presentation, we will explore the history of a reaction discovered 70 years
ago in one of the rooms here at Moscow State University and its continuous
influence to the field of nonequilibrium dynamics and pattern formation. The
oscillatory reaction Boris Belousov discovered, was deemed impossible by
scientific journal reviewers at that time but the belief in its validity by Simon
Shnoll and the work done by Anatol Zhabotinsky and others proved the
early reviewers wrong.
They discovered an oscillatory, homogeneous chemical reaction which became
over the years the most investigated reaction-diffusion (RD) system and is now
considered the ’fruit fly’ (THE model system) to investigate RD systems in
biological, chemical, and physical systems.
We will present some insights into the history of the now called Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction
and new applications, these scientists wouldn’t have thought about decades ago.
This project is a collaboration with Konstantin Kiprijanov (Science communicator & historian of science at the Technical University Berlin, Germany) and Richard J. Field (Professor emeritus of chemistry at the University of Montana, USA).