The Georges Lemaître Anniversary Conference

Aim of Course

In 2011 we celebrate the 80^th anniversary of Georges Lemaître’s famous papers describing his ‘primaeval atom’ model of the universe. In this conference the life and work of Lemaître and his legacy for modern cosmology will be discussed, as will the philosophical and theological implications of cosmological theories.

Speakers (listed in alphabetical order) and topics

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• John Barrow FRS: Lemaître’s Legacy
• Bernard Carr : Lemaître’s prescience: the beginning and end of the cosmos
• Robin Collins : Modern Cosmology in Philosophical and Theological Perspective
• Dr George Coyne SJ: Lemaître: Science and Religion
• George F. R. Ellis FRS: A Critique of Multiverse Theories
• Michal Heller : Lemaître, the Big Bang and the Quantum Universe
• Revd Dr Rodney Holder : Lemaître and Hoyle: Contrasting Characters in Science and religion
• Helge Kragh : Lemaître and the Primaeval Atom: Contributions to Science
• Dominique Lambert : Introducing Lemaître: His life, Work and Faith
• Don Page : Multiple Reasons for a Multiverse
• Revd Dr John Polkinghorne KBE FRS: Final Theological Reflections
• Paul Shellard : The Big Bang: Recent Advances

Venue

The course will be held at Sidney Sussex College, Sidney Street, Cambridge, CB2 3HU. Click here to obtain further details about the College.

Sidney Sussex College, founded in 1596 by the Lady Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex, is located at the very centre of the City of Cambridge.

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