When:
Friday, November 4, 2016
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM CT
Where: Technological Institute, L211, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Contact:
Pamela Villalovoz
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Group: Physics and Astronomy Colloquia
Category: Academic
Title: Simple vs. Simply Wrong
Speaker: Paul J. Steinhardt, Princeton University
Abstract: This talk will explain why the big bang inflationary picture fails as a scientific theory to explain the observed properties of the universe and how the lessons learned, combined with recent observations and theoretical advances, are pointing to a different explanation.
Host: Mel Ulmer
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Keywords: Physics, Astronomy, colloquium