Secret Science Club North: Astrophysicist David Spergel
Astrophysicist David Spergel won the 2018 Breakthrough Prize for his work mapping the infant Universe. Observations of ancient light in the “Cosmic Microwave Background” produced the mind-boggling fact that the Universe is 13.8 billion years old and revealed that ordinary matter makes up a mere 5 percent of the cosmos. Now, David Spergel is looking to answer the next big questions: What happened in the moments just after the Big Bang? What is dark energy, the unseen force that seems to drive the expansion of the Universe?
Director of the Center for Computational Physics at the Flatiron Institute and professor of astronomy at Princeton University, David Spergel is currently co-chair of the science team for WFIRST, NASA’s next major outer-space telescope mission. In addition to the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Dr. Spergel received the MacArthur (“Genius”) Award, NASA’s exceptional service medal, the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, and the Shaw Prize in Astronomy. He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, Wired,and beyond.
Before & After
–Try our cosmic cocktail of the night, the Expanding Universe
–Sway to space-age grooves
–Stick around for the far-out Q&A
This out-of-this-world edition of Secret Science Club North meets Wednesday, June 13, 7:30PM@ Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th St in Manhattan. Subway: 1, 2, or 3 to 96th Street. Doors open at 7PM. This is an all-ages event!
When: Wed., Jun. 13, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Where: Symphony Space
2537 Broadway
212-864-1414
Price: $25
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Astrophysicist David Spergel won the 2018 Breakthrough Prize for his work mapping the infant Universe. Observations of ancient light in the “Cosmic Microwave Background” produced the mind-boggling fact that the Universe is 13.8 billion years old and revealed that ordinary matter makes up a mere 5 percent of the cosmos. Now, David Spergel is looking to answer the next big questions: What happened in the moments just after the Big Bang? What is dark energy, the unseen force that seems to drive the expansion of the Universe?
Director of the Center for Computational Physics at the Flatiron Institute and professor of astronomy at Princeton University, David Spergel is currently co-chair of the science team for WFIRST, NASA’s next major outer-space telescope mission. In addition to the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, Dr. Spergel received the MacArthur (“Genius”) Award, NASA’s exceptional service medal, the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics, and the Shaw Prize in Astronomy. He and his work have been featured in the New York Times, Scientific American, Wired,and beyond.
Before & After
–Try our cosmic cocktail of the night, the Expanding Universe
–Sway to space-age grooves
–Stick around for the far-out Q&A
This out-of-this-world edition of Secret Science Club North meets Wednesday, June 13, 7:30PM@ Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway @ 95th St in Manhattan. Subway: 1, 2, or 3 to 96th Street. Doors open at 7PM. This is an all-ages event!
Buy tickets/get more info now
Before & After