Our first meeting is planned to start on Wednesday January 11, 2012 at 6 pm. We will be going to see a great lecture held by the Philadelphia Ethical Society. Details below.
We will all meet at 6 pm in the Commuter Lounge and head over there together. Be sure to bring cash for subway or trolley. Also so that I know who is coming please email me at president@drexelfreethought.org. See you all there!
Lawrence Krauss in Philly – A Universe from Nothing
Wednesday, January 11, 2012, 7:00 PM
SELECTED BY: CAROL E ROPER
Philadelphia Ethical Society
1906 Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA
SELECTED BY: CAROL E ROPER
How did the universe come from nothing? It’s a mind-boggling concept to many people. We want to know how existence came to be, what was there before it, what is going to happen to it. And while we’re at it, just what is “nothing” anyhow?
Noted physicist Lawrence Krauss, whose research focuses on the beginning and end of the universe, will tell you that science can now answer these questions. Quantum Mechanics – the science of the strange and very small, shows that nothing must always produce something- quantum fluctuations exist within ‘nothing’ and they are unstable- thus it’s nearly inevitable that universe like ours would be made. What does that mean? Come and find out.
Krauss, the author of many books, will discuss his newest book, “A Universe from Nothing”, to be released on January 10, 2011, in which he explains the current state of the art knowledge on these questions. Nearly a million people have watched his provocative You-tube video explaining “nothing” and how “nothing” not only generated the universe, but eliminates any need for a first cause – a supreme being. This book came about because of the overwhelming response to that video.
Very much in demand as a lecturer, a teacher, a physicist because of his ability to clearly convey these complex ideas to the general public, Krauss is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the physics department at Arizona State University, and is the inaugural director of the Origins Project.
Whether you already understand this cutting edge science, or just want to understand it, there’s no doubt you’ll learn from this lecture. You’ll have the opportunity to hear and speak with Krauss – to ask your questions and have him answer them when you attend this program hosted by the Freethought Society and the Philadelphia Ethical Humanist Society at the Ethical Society’s Rittenhouse Square headquarters.
Where: Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia 1906 Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia, PA 19103
Time: 7:00 PM, January 11, 2012
Free and open-to-the-public, with a suggested donation of $5.
Contacts: Hugh Taft-Morales (215) 735-3456 www.phillyethics.org/
Margaret Downey (610) 793-2737 www.FtSociety.org
http://www.meetup.com/Freethought-Society-Meetup/events/46775512/
