1. Major Cosmology Lecture and
DVD
Are you interested in the latest understanding of how our
Universe came to be?
And about why it is the way it is?
Then Astronomy
Ireland's March 11th Public Lecture in Trinity College is for you (or order the
DVD if you can't get to Dublin at astronomy.ie/dvd)
We are now pretty
sure we can explain how our Universe came to be the way it is.
At last we
think we can 'fingerprint' the universe, to explain how it came to be the way it
is.
The next step is to explain why the Universe is as it
is.
One of the world's
leading experts at explaining the universe is Professor Andrew Liddle who will
give our Public Lecture on March 11th:
"FINGERPRINTING THE
UNIVERSE"
This should be a
fascinating lecture by a major International Speaker so please encourage
everyone you know to come along.
DATE: Monday March 11 at 8pm
VENUE:
Trinity College Dublin
TICKETS: €7 (€5
concession)
ABOUT THE
SPEAKER:
Prof Liddle has written textbooks on cosmology but
he also enjoys explaining the universe to the general public.
He has been
professor of astrophysics at the University of Sussex and is now at Edinburgh
University.
He is author of over 200 scientific papers and four textbooks.
His speciality is cosmology - the study of the entire Universe - and he is
interested both in the present state of the Universe and its behaviour during
its earliest epochs.
While most of his work is theoretical, he contributes
to some large observational programmes including the European Space Agency's
Planck Satellite.
SPEAKER'S
DESCRIPTION OF TALK:
Advances in astronomy and computer simulation have
given us a high-precision description of our Universe.
This Lecture will describe the precision cosmology,
like the measurement of the relic radiation left over from the Big Bang, known
as the cosmic microwave background.
This gives us the Universe's 'fingerprint', telling
us which, out of all the possible Universes, is our own.
However, while precision cosmology may tell
us how the Universe seems to work, we have yet to
learn why the Universe is as it is.
The Lecture will end with some speculation on how
to take that next step.
Book tickets online
HERE or call us at (01)
890 11 11.
2. The Sky at Night: "Moore
Winter Marathon Results"
To find out how everyone got on in Sir Patrick Moore's last
Moore Winter Marathon, Chris Lintott and Lucie Green travel to the Kielder
observatory.
All of the Sky At Night team have now given public lectures to
Astronomy Ireland which you can get on DVD at www.astronomy.ie/dvd
TSAN MARCH
2013
Sun Mar 03 at 11:55pm BBC 1 Northern Ireland
Sun
Mar 03 at 11:55pm BBC HD
Thu Mar 07 at 07:30pm BBC FOUR
Fri Mar 08 at
02:30am BBC FOUR
Sat Mar 09 at 11:30am BBC 2 Northern Ireland
Sun Mar 10
at 02:00am BBC FOUR
Note that the BBC1 and BBC2 programmes are shorter
versions (20 minutes).
Try to watch BBC FOUR or BBC HD transmissions (30
minutes).
For advice on telescopes to view the objects in this programme
call Ireland's biggest telescope shop at Astronomy Ireland:
www.astronomy.ie/shop or
call (01) 890 11 11 six days a
week
3. Astronomy Ireland on
Newstalk
David Moore will feature on the Newstalk show "Talking
History" this Sunday, March 10th, at 7pm, to review the life and work of the
great scientist Sir Isaac Newton, and to talk about a new book all about
him.
For
more information on this show, please click HERE.