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SUMMARY:Everything from nothing: how our universe was made - Carlos Frenk
DTSTART:20181009T183000Z
DTEND:20181009T200000Z
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CONTACT:Hannah Sanderson
DESCRIPTION:Come along to the first CUAS talk of the year to hear from Pro
 fessor Carlos Frenk - a leader in the field of computational cosmology!\n\
 nAs our first talk of the year\, entry is FREE for all. Annual membership 
 (£7) and life membership (£12) can also be purchased at the event - plea
 se bring cash.\n\nThe talk will be followed by refreshments outside the le
 cture theatre.\n\nPlease note that the Bristol Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatr
 e (Department of Chemistry) is not our usual venue and is situated at the 
 other end of the building from the Wolfson Lecture Theatre (and may not be
  accessed from the main entrance). Please enter via the entrance opposite 
 Scott Polar Research Institute (indicated by the red arrow on the map here
 : "https://map.cam.ac.uk/Bristol-Myers+Squibb+Lecture+Theatre":URL). The D
 epartment of Chemistry is on Lensfield Road. \n\nCosmology confronts some 
 of the most fundamental questions in science. How and when did our univers
 e begin?  What is it made of?\nHow did galaxies and other structures form?
   There has been enormous progress in the past few decades towards answeri
 ng these questions. For example\, recent observations have established tha
 t our universe contains an unexpected mix of components: ordinary atoms\, 
 exotic dark matter and a new form of energy called dark energy. Gigantic s
 urveys of galaxies reveal how the universe is structured.  Large supercomp
 uter simulations can recreate the evolution of the universe in astonishing
  detail and provide the means to relate processes occuring near the beginn
 ing with observations of the universe today. A coherent picture of cosmic 
 evolution\, going back to a tiny fraction of a second after the Big Bang\,
  is beginning to emerge. However\, fundamental issues\, like the identity 
 of the dark matter and the nature of the dark energy\, remain unresolved.\
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LOCATION:Wolfson Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry
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