The physics of information: from flipping coins to quantum gravity

What is information? Is it a physical quantity? What are the differences between classical and quantum information?

Does our state of motion have anything to do with information? Are temperature and information related? Can the temperature of the early universe be explained in the same way as that of a hot gas, and why does all of this have anything to do with Einstein, gravity and black holes?

In this episode of Science & Cocktails, Johannesburg, Joan Simón, visiting from the University of Edinburgh, will introduce the notion of information through intuitive examples and highlight the main difference between its classical and quantum counterparts.

Using the fundamental principles of theoretical physics in the 20th century, Simón will explain how these notions can intuitively explain why the early universe or black holes have a temperature, but also how they give rise to deep paradoxes and speculations on the nature of quantum gravity.

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