the Hidden Hand of NatuRE
Drawing upon insights from neuroscience, systems biology, astrophysics, and philosophy, this Oxford University symposium takes us on a dazzling metaphysical adventure into the heart of the universe. From financial markets and traffic flows to earthquakes, black holes and the distribution of galaxies in the universe, the study of patterns that govern our lives and the natural world has long fascinated mathematicians, scientists and philosophers. But now evidence is mounting that these seemingly disconnected phenomena are all governed by a “hidden hand” that lies at the heart of everything: symmetry.
Moderated by Benedict Rattigan and bringing together pioneering neuroscientist and author of The Master and His Emissary, Iain McGilchrist, eminent biologist Denis Noble, and Oxford Professor of Astrophysics Dimitra Rigopoulou, The Hidden Hand of Nature explores the balance between order and disorder, cosmos and chaos, proposing a bold new vision with implications for art, science, and our understanding of reality itself.
