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Lecture by Professor Michael Kramer from Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Germany)

2017-2018 Series of Lectures on Astrophysics and Cosmology: Science of the cosmos, science in the cosmos 21/3/2018 2017-2018 Series of Lectures on Astrophysics and Cosmology: Science of the cosmos, science in the cosmos Lecture:"Exploring Einstein’s Universe: About Back Holes, Neutron Stars and Gravitational Waves" Speaker: Michael Kramer, Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy (Germany) Abstract: The Universe is full of fascinating objects with conditions that we will never be able to reproduce in terrestrial laboratories. With astronomical observations, we are able to explore this Universe and to test some of the fundamental laws of nature that we determine here on Earth. Are these laws indeed the same everywhere, even around black holes? In other words, is Einstein’s theory of gravity the final word on our understanding of gravity, or was he wrong? This talk will describe some of the experiments done by astronomers to test Einstein’s theory – using objects or methods that Einstein had no knowledge of. Surprisingly, some of the findings even affect our daily life. Short biography: Michael Kramer is Director of the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR) in Bonn. He studied Physics in Cologne and Bonn, obtaining a PhD in 1995. After a few years on the MPIfR staff, he moved to the University of California, Berkeley before joining the University of Manchester, where he became Professor of Astrophysics in 2006. In 2009 he was appointed Director back at the MPIfR. His main research interest is the study of fundamental physics using radio astronomy, in particular radio pulsars. He was a member of the team that received the Descartes Prize of the European Union in 2005, and was distinguished with the Marcel-Grossmann Award in 2009 and the Academy Award of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science in 2010. In 2013 he was awarded the Herschel Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in the UK. He is member of the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC).