AAAS Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion

News & Events: Public Lecture

The cosmic microwave background gives us a detailed picture of the Universe before atoms, stars and galaxies some 14 billion years ago. Encoded in its tiny variations in intensity are information about the past, present and future of the Universe. It also provides one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the big bang cosmology. This lecture will discuss contemporary cosmological theory, especially in relation to the findings of the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe. The implications of current cosmological theory for religious thought will also be discussed.

Keynote speaker:

• Michael S. Turner, PhD, Assistant Director for Math and Physical Sciences, The National Science Foundation
  
  Respondent
• The Reverend Barbara Putney Smith-Moran, SOSc, Co-chair, Executive Council Committee on Science, Technology and Faith, Episcopal Church in America
  

Coverage:

Listen to Dr. Turner
Listen to Reverend Smith-Moran
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