In our second podcast episode of this new season, Merle Graf-Schreiber dives into the Principle of Minimal Action, in which she explains to us why it fascinated her during her Physics studies. Merle describes it as a puzzle piece that she didn’t even know she needed to complete the puzzle. She further talks about how it is fundamental not only to the classical mechanics we observe every day, but also to quantum mechanics that appears to contradict our every day experiences. Tune in for more on the topic!

Merle is a doctoral researcher in particle physics at DESY. In her work, she focuses on Belle II experiment at the SuperKEKB accelerator in Japan, which started operation in 2018.

Science Chatter Hamburg is a platform on which Hamburg-based scientists can share their stories, via podcast, blogposts or video.Science Chatter Hamburg is organised and run by PIER. For more info on the podcast training with Michael Büker see here.

The platform might not be as polished and shiny as what is created in most research institutions’ PR departments. Instead, and most importantly, it is young scientists themselves communicating to the public. The platform can be used by all researchers from the PIER research fields to get their messages out there, without the need to set up their own blog or website.

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