Copernicus Festival 2018

Coincidence

Coincidence was the theme of the fifth edition of the Copernicus Festival.

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Guests

Rafał Mazur

Artur Majewski

Dawid Juszka

Jerzy Jarniewicz

Andrzej Jajszczyk

Monika Górska-Olesińska

Jacek Fedorowicz

Marcin Barski

Albert Barqué-Duran

Karol Tarnowski

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Festival Lineup

Day 1

May 20, 2025

Once upon a time there was life

16:00

What happens when DNA is damaged?

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Marcin Nowotny
Conversation

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19:00

Space, matter and time

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Tomasz Rożek
Opening lecture

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Day 2

May 21, 2025

Human

16:00

Wise Book of the Year Gala

Potocki Palace in Cracow
Copernicus team

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17:30

Human Mysteries

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Magda Kowal
Confrontations
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19:00

Fragments of ancient DNA

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Zuzana Hofmanová
Master Lecture

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Day 3

May 22, 2025

Space

16:00

Metaphysics in physics

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Marek Abramowicz
A master class conversation

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17:30

Mysteries of the Universe

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Maciej Wielgus
Agnieszka Janiuk
Confrontations

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19:00

Dark energy

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Ruth Durrer
Master Lecture

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Day 4

May 23, 2025

Mind

17:30

Mysteries of the Mind

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Michał Wierzchoń
Confrontations

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19:00

What happens in the brain when we learn new things?

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Stanislas Dehaene
Master Lecture

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Day 5

May 24, 2025

Animal

16:00

What do social relationships look like in the world of primates?

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Małgorzata Arlet
A master class conversation

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17:30

Animal Mysteries

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Piotr Łukasik
Agnieszka Kloch
Confrontations

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19:00

Research into animal minds and animal communication

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Klaus Zuberbuehler
Master Lecture

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Day 6

May 25, 2025

Artificial intelligence

16:00

Can artificial intelligence think?

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Jacek Tabor
A master class conversation

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17:30

The secrets of artificial intelligence

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Wodzisław Duch
Marcin Miłkowski
Confrontations

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19:00

Deep learning

Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow
Terry Sejnowski
Master Lecture

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Footage

Robert H. Frank, Why Chance Events Are Often More Important Than We Think | 2018

Luck/Happiness | debate | Robert H. Frank & Daniel Gilbert | 2018

Jean-Pierre Lasota, Coincidences walk on physicists | 2018

Who is afraid of Laplace’s demon? | debate | Jean-Pierre Lasota & Leszek Sokolowski | 2018.

Daniel Gilbert, Happiness: What Your Mother Didn’t Tell You | 2018

Adam Zagajewski, On Living in Freedom | 2018

Not Necessarily. On spaces of freedom | debate | Karol Tarnowski; Adam Zagajewski | 2018

Fatum | debate | Michał Heller, Krzysztof Zamorski, Bartosz Brożek & Wojciech Bonowicz | 2018

John Tilbury, The Art of Touch and a Celebration of Contingency | 2018

Nothing happens twice. Poetry versus chance | 2018

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Take part in the COPERNICUS FESTIVAL ‘25

All events are free of charge!

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Come to the free events in Krakow

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