Event ID # 51023
Date:
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
 Time:
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Event:

The Accelerating Universe: Exploding Stars and Dark Energy
Host:

2nd Int'l Workshop on the Interconnection Between Particle Physics and Cosmology
Location:

(UNM Campus)   Google Map
Kiva Lecture Hall on the UNM Campus
UNM, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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Website:
http://ppc08.phys.unm.edu/menu/publictalk.html
Price:
Free
Full details:

Join Harvard Professor of Astronomy, Robert P. Kirshner, Wednesday, May 21 at 7:30pm at the Kiva Lecture Hall on the UNM Campus as he discusses exploding stars, dark energy and the accelerating universe.

Dr. Kirshner is a Harvard College Professor of Astronomy and a frequent public lecturer on science. His popular-level book "The Extravagant Universe: exploding stars, dark energy, and the accelerating cosmos" won the AAP Award for Best Professional/Scholarly Book in Physics and Astronomy. He is the author of over 200 research papers dealing with supernovae and observational cosmology.

Free to the public.