Moscow – The Italian Embassy in Moscow recently welcomed a lecture by Sergio Ferrara, one of the three founders of the Supergravity Theory – a theory that celebrates this year its 40th anniversary, in parallel to the centenary of the Theory of General Relativity, of which it is an extension. Ferrara, who received the Dirac Medal in 1993, the Enrico Fermi Award in 2005, the Heineman Prize in 2006 and the Amaldi Medal in 2008, most recently received the Medal of Honor of the Joint Institute of Nuclear Research in Dubna. The distinguished scientist – whose lesson was devoted to the theme “Einstein’s Legacy: fundamental interactions and symmetries of the universe” – is a theoretical physicist who most contributed to the theory’s development over the last 40 years, opening new concepts in mathematical physics and geometry. In his lecture, Ferrara explained that the modern world would not be what it is without the General Relativity, considering just how extended and deep runs the conceptual revolution implied in Einstein’s theory. (9Colonne)
