UCSC astronomy presents "Mysteries of the Dark Universe" on Thursday, November 6
Rocky Kolb, an eminent cosmologist and popular public speaker, will discuss "Mysteries of the Dark Universe" in a lively and engaging talk at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz on Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m. This free public lecture is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and UC Observatories/Lick Observatory as part of the Halliday Lecture Series. For more information or for disability-related needs, please call (831) 459-2844.
(Media-Newswire.com) - Rocky Kolb, an eminent cosmologist and popular public speaker, will discuss "Mysteries of the Dark Universe" in a lively and engaging talk at the Del Mar Theatre in Santa Cruz on Thursday, November 6, at 7 p.m.
This free public lecture is presented by the UC Santa Cruz Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics and UC Observatories/Lick Observatory as part of the Halliday Lecture Series. For more information or for disability-related needs, please call ( 831 ) 459-2844.
Edward W. Kolb ( known to most as Rocky ) is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago and director of the Particle Astrophysics Center at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois. His research focuses on the application of elementary-particle physics to the very early universe.
Kolb's talk will address one of the greatest puzzles facing modern cosmologists. Astronomical observations suggest that most of the mass of the universe is in a mysterious form called dark matter and most of the energy in the universe is in an even more mysterious form called dark energy. Unlocking the secrets of dark matter and dark energy will illuminate the nature of space and time and connect the quantum with the cosmos.
Kolb is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Fellow of the American Physical Society. He was the recipient of the 2003 Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the 1993 Quantrell Prize for teaching excellence at the University of Chicago. His book for the general public, Blind Watchers of the Sky, received the 1996 Emme Award of the American Aeronautical Society. In addition to over 200 scientific papers, he is a co-author of The Early Universe, the standard textbook on particle physics and cosmology.
In addition to writing articles for magazines and books, Kolb teaches cosmology to non-science majors at the University of Chicago and is involved with pre-college education, participating in Fermilab's Saturday Morning Physics program for high-school students and the Department of Energy's high-school physics program for gifted students, as well as lecturing in institutes and workshops for science teachers.
The Halliday Lecture Series is named for the late John Halliday, a longtime supporter of astronomy at UCSC and former UCSC Foundation trustee.
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