Public Lecture

Professor Shing-Tung Yau (Harvard University) delivered a public lecture on Saturday, January 15, 2011 at Baxter Lecture Hall, Caltech:

"The Joy of Research"

About 300 people attended Prof. Yau's lecture. Many people,
especially the Chinese students and scholars, found Prof. Yau's
lecture truly inspirational.
A videorecording of the lecture is posted below. The video can be viewed directly on this webpage, or you can click on the link below the video screen to be taken to the video hosting site (Vimeo).


Public Lecture by Shing-Tung Yau, January 15, 2011.


Professor Yau recently wrote a book that has quickly become a best-seller, and has garnered many positive reviews. The Shape of Inner Space: String Theory and the Geometry of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions is available at Amazon.com.

Professor Yau returned to Caltech on Feb. 13 to give another talk on his new book.