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Prof. Stephen Hawking recently visited the Weizmann Institute of Science. He was greeted by physicist and Institute President Prof. Daniel Zajfman, who gave an introductory presentation on the areas of study at the Institute. Afterward, Prof. Zajfman, vice presidents and deans attended a dinner in Prof. Hawking’s honor.
After dinner, two Institute scientists spoke about their work: Prof. Mordehai Milgrom, a leading cosmologist, talked about the theory he developed in which a small change in Newton’s laws allows the observed mass of the universe to fit the movement of stars and galaxies, without invoking dark matter. Prof. Uri Alon, a physicist and world expert in the emerging scientific field of systems biology, talked about new methods of research that use the tools of physics to investigate subjects in the life sciences.
Prof. Zajfman presented Prof. Hawking with a commemorative piece of the particle detector designed and built at the Weizmann Institute of Science to aid in the hunt for the Higgs boson, which, if found, will reveal the mass generation mechanism of all matter and force particles in nature. The detector was created by Profs. Giora Mikenberg, Ehud Duchovni and Eilam Gross for the CERN particle physics lab in Switzerland.
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The first computer in Israel, WEIZAC, was built 53 years ago at the Weizmann Institute. Now, that event has been recognized by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) as a milestone in computing history. This recognition was celebrated in a day-long event that included lectures and a ceremony in which a commemorative plaque was dedicated and medals were awarded to those who took part in planning and building WEIZAC.
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Prof. Ofer Lider, who died in 2004, was both a scientist and a poet. A writing contest is held each year in his memory to encourage scientists to express themselves creatively. This year’s winning entries were poems by Avi Shushan, who has an M.Sc. in computer science, and Dr. Hagai Cohen of the Institute’s Chemical Research Support, and a short story by Dr. Shiraz Kalir, who recently completed a doctorate under the guidance of Prof. Uri Alon of the Molecular Cell Biology Department.
| A commemorative plaque was recently unveiled in front of the physics building in a ceremony in memory of Prof. Wolfgang Gentner, 100 years after his birth. Gentner, who was an honorary fellow of the Weizmann Institute, was a trailblazer in opening scientific relations between Israel and Germany, and in creating the Minerva Foundation, which continues to support scientific collaboration between Weizmann Institute scientists and German scientists to this day. |
 Avi Shushan%2C Dr. Shiraz Kalir and Dr. Hagai Cohen with photo of Prof. Ofer Lider.jpg "Prize winners (l-r): Avi Shushan, Dr. Shiraz Kalir and Dr. Hagai Cohen with photo of Prof. Ofer Lider")
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%20and%20France’s%20ambassador%20to%20Israel%2C%20%20Jean-Michel%20Casa.jpg "Institute President Prof. Daniel Zajfman (l) and France’s ambassador to Israel, Jean-Michel Casa")
%2C who delivered the Weizmann memorial lecture%2C and Prof. Menachem Rubinstein.jpg "Harvard astronomer Prof. Robert Kirshner (l), who delivered the Weizmann memorial lecture, and Prof. Menachem Rubinstein")
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 and Institute Vice President Prof. Haim Garty.jpg "Japan’s ambassador to Israel Yoshinori Katori (l) and Institute Vice President Prof. Haim Garty")
%20%20shakes%20hands%20with%20Prof.%20Haim%20Garty.jpg "Denmark’s Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Helge Sander (l) shakes hands with Prof. Haim Garty")
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 explains his work to Lord and Lady Turnberg.jpg "Prof. Avigdor Scherz (l) explains his work to Lord and Lady Turnberg")
%2C Chairman of the National Research Foundation of Singapore%2C and Prof. Daniel Zajfman.jpg "Dr. Tony Tan Keng Yam (l), Chairman of the National Research Foundation of Singapore, and Prof. Daniel Zajfman")
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