Professor Michael Rowan Robinson, recently retired President of the Royal Astronomical Society and Winner of the Hoyle Medal (2008) will give the Royal Irish AcademyтАЩs McCrea Astronomy lecture (2009) in the Connor Lecture Theatre, University of Ulster, Belfast Campus, York Street at 6pm on 3rd November 2009.
Professor Robinson is one of EuropeтАЩs leading figures in observational cosmology but as well as providing new insights into the cosmological evolution of distant and dusty galaxies, Professor Rowan-Robinson has been an effective communicator of modern science, writing many popular books for a wide audience.
The title of his Belfast talk is: "The Cosmology of Distant and Dusty Galaxies"
Admission is free of charge but places must be booked at ww.ria.ie