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Sidney R. Nagel, Stein-Freiler Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago, delivered the 513th Convocation address at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The talk, titled "The Power of Observation," focused on the field of physics and the limited amount of knowledge we have to draw on as we ask questions about the world around us. In the past, science focused on the study of what humans could directly experience, but modern research has progressed far beyond this. Professor Nagel explores the power of visual observation through a hands-on fluid mechanics demonstration to show that we can, in fact, always return to our origins.
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