Surprises in Space – An Evening with Professor Chris Lintott CANCELLED

Surprises in Space

Come spend an evening with Professor Chris Lintott as he talks about how the history of astronomy is one of continual surprise. Whenever astronomers have built new telescopes, or learn to look at the sky in a new way, they’ve been astounded by what they’ve found.

Chris takes us through the Universe’s surprises – from pulsars to planets and from interstellar visitors to things that go bang in the night – and explains why being open to the unexpected is a 21st century astronomers most vital skill.

About Professor Chris Lintott

Chris Lintott is a professor of astrophysics at the University of Oxford, where he is also a research fellow at New College, working on topics from galaxy evolution, transient detection and machine learning.

As Principal Investigator of the Zooniverse, he leads a team who run the world’s most successful citizen science projects, allowing more than a million people to discover planets, transcribe ancient papyri or explore the Serengeti.

A passionate advocate of the public understanding of science, he is best known as co-presenter of the BBC’s long running Sky at Night program. His book, ‘The Crowd and the Cosmos’, is available now from Oxford University Press.

Tickets are free for this event but admission is by ticket only – no door sales

Presented on behalf of the Canterbury Astronomical Society and the University of Canterbury

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