Nobel laureate in physics will speak Thursday at ODU

Posted to: Education News Norfolk

By Denise Watson Batts
The Virginian-Pilot
© November 12, 2008

NORFOLK

John C. Mather, a 2006 Nobel laureate in physics, will talk at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.

Mather’s visit is part of Old Dominion University’s Nobel Laureate Public Lecture Series. He will also participate in a question-and-answer session at 2:30 p.m. in the River Rooms of Webb Center. Both sessions are free and open to the public.

Mather ‘s lecture, “From the Big Bang to the Nobel Prize and on to James Webb Space Telescope and the Discovery of Alien Life,” will explore the history of the universe, the birth of planets and stars, and the existence of other Earth-like planets capable of sustaining life.

For more information, contact professor Amin Dharamsi in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at adharams@odu.edu.

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