Modern Physics and the Nature of Reality 💫🫣

Come get nerdy (smarter!) with the ACM and American International Institute (IIE)

Monday, 16 March 2026 --- 7pm-9pm

Free for everyone

This talk brings complex ideas like quantum mechanics into everyday language. It is designed for curious people who aren't necessarily scientists but love to understand how the universe works. The goal is to bring different communities together, and spark curiosity. Accessible, reflective, and meant to make science feel human and exciting.

Speaker Bio - Bill Dixon

Bill Dixon is a physicist, educator, and visiting university lecturer with over two decades of experience teaching physics and mathematics across Europe. He holds a BA in Natural Sciences from Pembroke College, Cambridge, with a focus on physics and electrical sciences, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (Physics) from King ’s College London.

Since 2002, Bill has taught Physics and Mathematics at leading international schools in the UK, Switzerland, Spain, and the Netherlands, including the International School of The Hague. Alongside this, he has served as a part-time Visiting Lecturer and Academic Tutor at the University of Karlsruhe from 2009 to 2025, working with undergraduate and advanced students on core and modern physics topics.

As a lecturer, Bill is particularly known for making Modern Physics accessible without diluting its intellectual depth. His teaching explores relativity, quantum concepts, and the evolution of physical thought, emphasizing intuition, conceptual clarity, and the profound questions modern physics raises about reality, time, and measurement. He brings to his lectures a rare combination of classical training, interdisciplinary perspective, and long-form teaching experience, making him a compelling guide through the ideas that reshaped physics in the 20th and 21st centuries.