Callum W. Fairbairn

From Einstein and Gödel’s cherished walks to today’s “peripatetic cogitation,” the Institute’s winding paths and quiet Woods remain an essential part of how ideas take shape at IAS. In this article, scholars from all four Schools share how walking—alone and together—creates space for reflection, conversation, and discovery.

This month, an effort to unite three astrophysical research communities who exploit common techniques to understand waves in gaseous disks, galaxies, and stars was made by three scholars from the School of Natural Sciences. John N. Bahcall Fellow Chris Hamilton and Members Callum W. Fairbairn and Uddipan Banik organized a workshop titled IAStrophysical Waves, at which over thirty astrophysicists from across the globe were in attendance.