Public Astronomy Lecture Series for the Fall 2013 Semester

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.