Our Place in the Universe
You are invited to attend a Veritas Forum this Thursday, March 20 at Haverford College. Dr. Jennifer Wiseman will be speaking about the role of faith in science. The event begins at 7pm in Stokes Auditorium. For directions and parking information click here.
About the forum: A Marvelous Universe, and Our Place In It
In the last few decades, we have learned more about the universe than humanity has known in all other centuries combined. How have these discoveries affected our view of ourselves? Our human significance, or insignificance, in the universe? The possibility of an omnipotent yet personal God? Dr. Jennifer Wiseman will present some of the most fascinating recent discoveries in astronomy: planets around other stars, new stars information, the most powerful explosions in the universe, remnant light from the Big Bang, evidence from billions of years past that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, and theories that our universe may be one of many. We will then explore how these discoveries may shape our view of human existence, and the place of faith.
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She has studied star-forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, and currently serves as Chief of the Laboratory forExoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She studied physics at MIT for her bachelor's degree, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987. She then earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at HarvardUniversity in 1995. In addition to research, Dr. Wiseman is also interested in public science policy. She was selected as the 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow of the American Physical Society, and served on the staff of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She then served from 2003-2006 as the Program Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Dr. Wiseman has also authored several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and Christian faith.
About the forum: A Marvelous Universe, and Our Place In It
In the last few decades, we have learned more about the universe than humanity has known in all other centuries combined. How have these discoveries affected our view of ourselves? Our human significance, or insignificance, in the universe? The possibility of an omnipotent yet personal God? Dr. Jennifer Wiseman will present some of the most fascinating recent discoveries in astronomy: planets around other stars, new stars information, the most powerful explosions in the universe, remnant light from the Big Bang, evidence from billions of years past that the expansion of our universe is accelerating, and theories that our universe may be one of many. We will then explore how these discoveries may shape our view of human existence, and the place of faith.
Dr. Jennifer Wiseman is an astronomer, author, and speaker. She has studied star-forming regions of our galaxy using radio, optical, and infrared telescopes, and currently serves as Chief of the Laboratory forExoplanets and Stellar Astrophysics at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. She studied physics at MIT for her bachelor's degree, discovering comet Wiseman-Skiff in 1987. She then earned a Ph.D. in astronomy at HarvardUniversity in 1995. In addition to research, Dr. Wiseman is also interested in public science policy. She was selected as the 2001-2002 Congressional Science Fellow of the American Physical Society, and served on the staff of the Science Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. She then served from 2003-2006 as the Program Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Dr. Wiseman has also authored several essays addressing the relationship of astronomy and Christian faith.
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