Each of our distinguished speakers will present their personal, human view, and will explore the meaning of the flood of scientific data made possible by new technologies.
Admission is free.
Robert Smith, historian of science from the University of Alberta and author of the award-winning The Space Telescope , will explore the universe through the eyes and giant telescopes of William Herschel. One of the architects of the Hubble Deep Field observations, Harry Ferguson, astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, specializes in comparing theoretical models of galaxy formation and evolution to the distribution of sizes, brightnesses and colors seen in these wonderful images. Now Senior Scientist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Dr. Wilson will recount their process of detection and discovery at Bell Labs, ending with a brief history of the universe starting at the tender age of a microsecond. Hubble Space Telescope images from Space Telescope Science Institute .