Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J
Don’t miss two public talks by Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J, Director of the Vatican Observatory and a planetary scientist whose work bridges deep faith and cutting edge astronomy. Brother Guy J.Consolmagno,S.J. is the Director of the Vatican Observatory, a Jesuit brother since 1978, and planetary scientist with a Ph.D. from MIT. Brother Guy has spent his career at the intersection of rigorous astronomy and deep faith. He’s authored numerous books on science and spirituality and is former President of the Vatican Observatory Foundation.
Catholic Cosmologies
Wednesday 13 August 7:00PM–8:00PM
A3 Lecture Theatre, Corner Forestry &Arts Rd, University of Canterbury, Ilam Campus.
Co-hosted by the Canterbury Astronomical Society (CAS)
From angels and demons to photons and quarks, every scientific worldview rests on assumptions we often take on faith. Brother Guy traces the evolving “cosmologies” of St Paul, Augustine, Galileo, Kepler, Newton and up through Stephen Hawking, revealing the quirky foundations of how we make sense of
the universe.
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All welcome—no charge.
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