Conference:
The Questions of Origins: Contemporary Science, Philosophical and Religious
Perspectives
Date and
Time: 16/6/2023, 09:00–17:30 and 17/6/2023, 09:00–13:00
Venue: SCT
503 (LT 3), Cha Chi-ming Science Tower, Ho Sin Hang Campus, Hong Kong Baptist
University
Plenary
speaker: Prof. Luke Barnes (PhD Astronomy, Cambridge University)
Keynote 1:
Finding Design in Physics (16 June, 09:15-10:45)
Keynote 2:
How God can use Randomness (17 June, 09:00-10:30)
Language:
English
Registration
fee: $20 (free for invited speakers and students)
Public
Talks:
1. The
Fine-Tuning of the Universe for Life
Speaker:
Prof. Luke Barnes (PhD Astronomy, Cambridge University)
Date:
16/6/2023 (Fri)
Time:
19:00–21:00
Venue:
ICA, Shop 209-220, 2/F, 33 Marble Road, North Point
Language:
English
2. Is
the Universe an Accident?
Speaker:
Prof. Luke Barnes (PhD Astronomy, Cambridge University)
Date:
17/6/2023 (Sat)
Time:
20:00–22:00
Venue: St.
Andrew’s Church,138 Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Language:
English
About
the speaker:
Luke A.
Barnes is a theoretical astrophysicist, cosmologist, and postdoctoral
researcher at Western Sydney University. He received his PhD in Astronomy from
the University of Cambridge in 2009. He is a John Templeton
Fellow. He has published papers in the fields of galaxy formation and the
fine-tuning of the Universe for life. He is the author, with Geraint Lewis, of
"A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos”, published by
Cambridge University Press. He has also published papers on the philosophy of
science, and regularly engages in public outreach through public speaking,
articles in the popular press, and social media.
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