Our Guest speaker on
16th April Will be Dr Francisco Diego who will be delivering a fascinating
and thought-provoking lecture about the “Think Universe!” project. “Think
Universe!” is an educational project to bring big science to elementary
classrooms. Francisco will take us on a journey from the creation of the
universe to the present day.
Francisco has
appeared on TV series like Stephen Hawking's Universe, BBC's The Planets and
more recently, the world-wide version of BBC's Wonders of the Universe, The Seven Ages
of Starlight and The Secret Life
of the Sun. He is a regular
contributor to BBC , Sky and Aljazeera News channels. Veteran of 20 solar eclipse expeditions.
Founder and director of Your Universe,
the UCL festival of Astronomy.
Producing and delivering The Mind of the Universe, a collection of public and
school lectures and teacher workshops on astrophysics, cosmology and life in
the Universe. His most recent educational project is called Think Universe
He is a Senior
Teaching Fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCL, vice president
of the UK Association for Astronomy Education and a fellow of the Royal
Astronomical Society. He is a keen populariser of natural sciences and
extensive experience as a planetarium producer/presenter, lecturer, author and
broadcaster.
I look forward to
see you all on the 16th for this fascinating lecture that puts
beautifully into perspective the creation of our universe to present day
Earth.
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