Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Mar 29, 2011 9:48:48 GMT -6
"From Big Bang to Biospheres"
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
The Chicago Astronomer is invited to this opportunity and passes along this very interesting lecture on cosmology by an esteemed British Astronomer....
Monday April 11, 2011
6:00 PM
School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
112 South Michigan Ave.
MacLean Ballroom
Free and open to the public
(space limited No pre-registration doors open 5:30 PM)
Moderated by Gabriel Spitzer, WBEZ
Details:
Astronomers have made astonishing progress in probing our cosmic environment,
thanks to advanced technology. We can trace cosmic history back to some
mysterious 'beginning' nearly 14 billion years ago, and understand in outline
the emergence of atoms, galaxies, stars and planets -- and how, on at least one
planet, life developed a complex biosphere of which we are part. But these
advances pose new questions: What does the long-range future hold? How
widespread is life in our cosmos? Should we be surprised that the physical laws
permitted the emergence of complexity? and Is physical reality even more
extensive than the domain that our telescopes can probe? This illustrated
lecture will address (but not answer!) such questions.
I will be in attendance and encourage my fellow Chicago Astronomers to join in...
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