Astronomy Ireland Major Public Lecture - DUBLIN
"The Big Bang"
By Dr. Cormac O'Raifeartaigh, Physics Department, Waterford Institute of Technology.
Monday November 09 2009 at 8:00pm
Astronomy Ireland's November Public Lecture will be one of the biggest of the year when Dr Cormac O'Raifeartaigh delves into the exciting topic of 'The Big Bang'.
Originally proposed by Georges Lemaitre, The Big Bang is the cosmological model of the initial conditions and subsequent development of the universe that is supported by the most comprehensive and accurate explanations from current scientific evidence and observation. As used by cosmologists, the term Big Bang generally refers to the idea that the universe has expanded from a primordial hot and dense initial condition at some finite time in the past, and continues to expand to this day.
Dr. Cormac O'Raifeartaigh will explore the evidence for the Big Bang theory and how our knowledge of the early universe has grown rapidly over the past few years
Dr. Cormac O'Raifeartaigh teaches introductory cosmology at the Waterford Institute of Technology and runs a web blog at http://coraifeartaigh.wordpress.com/. He is very involved in outreach and the promotion of science in general.
Venue: Fitzgerald Building, Trinity College Dublin
Time: 8pm
Tickets: вВ?7 (вВ?5 concessions available)
Book your tickets online at www.astronomy.ie or by calling (01) 847 0777
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