John Barrow Reveals Secrets and Properties of the Universe at the BA
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Alexandria—
The Planetarium Science Center (PSC) organized on Tuesday, 3 April 2007, a lecture entitled "Our Place in the Universe" by Dr. John Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences, at Cambridge University and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project. Eng. Hoda El-Mikaty, Director, Planetarium Science Center (PSC) moderated the lecture.
John Barrow gave a very interesting presentation describing a modern picture of the expanding universe in simple terms and showing how its large scale properties are important requirements for the existence of life within it, and how this enables us to understand why the universe is big and old, dark and cold. He introduced the theory of the inflationary universe along with the observational evidence that supports it. He added that one of the striking consequences of this theory is the prediction that our visible universe is a small part of complex multiversity.
John D. Barrow was born in London in 1952. He received his doctorate in Astrophysics from Oxford University in 1977, and held positions at Oxford, Berkeley, and the University of Sussex, where he was Professor of Astronomy. He received the Locker Prize for Astronomy, and the 1999 Kelvin Medal of the Royal Glasgow Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2003.
In July 1999, he took up a new appointment as Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Cambridge University and Director of the Millennium Mathematics Project, a new initiative to improve the understanding and appreciation of mathematics and its applications amongst young people and the general public.