Start date: 24 October 2007
End date: 24 October 2007
Time: 7.30pm
Summary: Professor David Spergel - Our Changing View of the Universe. Observations of the microwave background, the left-over heat from the big bang, are snap-shots of the universe only three hundred thousand years after the big bang. The combination of microwave background observations and measurements of the large-scale distribution of galaxies have answered many of the questions that have driven cosmology for the past few decades: How old is the universe? What is its size and shape? What is the composition of the universe? I will focus on results from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe and from other recent cosmological experiments and show how they have addressed these questions.
Venue: Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland, Weston Link (Princes Street Gardens entrance)
Access/facilities for special needs: Facilities for people with disabilities are available
Suitable for children? Yes
Price: The only charge is a £3 per ticket non-refundable administration fee.
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