The (De)Evolution of Determinism in Physics | Dr. Valerie Plaus

This lecture was delivered on June 18, 2021 as part of the third annual Thomistic Philosophy and Natural Science Symposium: Chance and Indeterminacy in the Natural World. Slides for this lecture can be found at: https://tinyurl.com/4643mb4v For information on upcoming events, please visit our website at www.thomisticinstitute.org. About the speaker: Dr. Valerie Plaus is Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she teaches calculus-based physics classes designed for pre-engineering and chemistry majors. She taught physics and mathematics at universities in Ohio, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin before coming to Franciscan in Fall 2018. She completed her masters and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and undergraduate degree at the University of Guelph. Her primary research interests are in supersymmetry and Higgs physics. Aside from physics, she is also passionate about swing and blues-idiom dancing and hiking.