PUBLIC
ASTRONOMY LECTURE SERIES
The
Center for Earth & Space Science Education will be hosting the Fall 2013
Public Astronomy Lecture Series beginning Saturday, September 7, 2013.
The Public Astronomy Lecture Series (PALS) began in 2004 under the directorship
of Dr. Tom Hooten and continues today as part of the science and education
outreach of The Center for Earth & Space Science Education at Tyler Junior
College. Lectures and demonstrations are presented throughout the fall
semester by academic experts and scholars who speak about timely and
interesting topics related to science, education, and public outreach.
The topics are entertaining and presented to the general public. Everyone
is invited. The cost is $5 per person.
WHAT:
Public
Astronomy Lecture Series for the Fall 2013 Semester
SPEAKER:
Dr.
Tom Hooten, Ed.D. is professor of physics and director of The Center for Earth
& Space Science Education at Tyler Junior College. He holds advanced
degrees from Vanderbilt University and Texas A&M University—Commerce in
physics, astronomy, and higher education. His fields of expertise include
chromospherically active stars and the relationship between science and
pseudoscience. He has published over a dozen papers in peer review
journals and for popular press.
TOPIC:
“The
Story of the Big Bang.” It’s the best scientific explanation for the
origin of the universe, and, yet, most people do not understand it. This
lecture will be presented for the general audience and describe the historical
development of the big bang cosmological model, some of the scientific problems
it has overcome, and what the future may hold for the expanding universe.
WHEN:
Saturday,
Sept 7, 2013, beginning at 7:00PM
WHERE:
The
Center for Earth & Space Science Education on the Tyler Junior College main
campus.
1411
E. Lake St., Tyler, TX 75701
FUTURE
LECTURES:
October
5, 2013, Assistant Director Justin Parish, M.S., “The Universe in a Meter”
November
2, 2013, Professor Douglas Parsons, M.S., “Comet ISON”
November
23, 2013, Dr. Karl Giberson, Ph.D., “America’s Creation-Evolution Controversy”
November
24, 2013, Science & Faith Panel Discussion
For
more information please visit http://www.tjc.edu/cesse/ or phone 903-510-2312.
