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Are We Significant Figures?

In a vast universe...why is humanity important?

October 28, 2010 at 07:00 PM
Dartmouth 105, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Presenters: Ian Hutchinson, Professor of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marcelo Gleiser, Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dartmouth College

Is life important? Why? MIT's Ian Hutchinson and Dartmouth's Marcelo Gleiser discuss physics, God and the meaning of life. Hear two drastically different views, one Christian and one agnostic, on one of life's most important questions.

Moderator is Lindsay Whaley, Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics and also Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies.



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