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UPDATE: THIS EVENT IS NOW FREE OF CHARGE. Please see below for directions and parking information. If you previously purchased tickets, you will be refunded your full purchase price.
Cosmological observations have revealed a most mysterious universe. Modern cosmology seems to point to the startling possibility that our universe might be just the very most insignificant speck of what is now called "the multiverse". New telescopes, albeit with ancestry dating back to Galileo, have revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos once again. But, whereas Galileo's refractor pricked our "cosmic ego", now our telescopes seem to hint at an infinite universe with the possibility of unimaginable fecundity, yet devoid of life other than that our own tiny world. What does this imply about the seemingly perfectly fine-tuned universe in which we find ourselves? What does free will mean in an infinite universe, one with infinite degrees of freedom, infinite choices?
Sponsored by the Harvard Club of San Diego and the Brown University Club of San Diego.
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Brian Keating is an astrophysicist with the University of California, San Diego's Department of Physics. He and his team develop sensitive instrumentation to study the early universe in the radio-, microwave- and infrared-wavelength regimes of the electromagnetic spectrum. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds a U.S. Patent.
Brian received his B.S. from Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. from Brown University in 2000. He did postdoctoral research at Stanford University and was an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Caltech before coming to UCSD in 2004. In 2007 he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers at the White House from President Bush for his work on a telescope he designed and fielded at the US Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Station called "BICEP".
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Parking is ample and free on Sunday evening in the lot immediately northeast of the venue, P602. Enter this lot from Gilman Drive, across the street from the Gilman Parking structure/USE Credit Union Bldg. Map: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5oxkVrgtumpZmdJNEdiMUU0MkN4cUlJVk9UTnJDMUNRY040/view?usp=sharing.
To reach the lecture hall: From the parking lot, take sidewalk southward to first east-west walkway; go west through courtyard of Medical Teaching Facility to the lobby of Biomedical Science Building.
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LocationGarren Auditorium (Biomedical Science Building, UCSD School of Medicine) (View)
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
United States
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| Kid Friendly: Yes! |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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