Fashion, Faith, and Fantasy in the New Physics of the Universe, lecture at the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater, NYC, USA

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Monday, September 19, at 7:30 pm at the Hayden Planetarium Space Theater - a two-hour lecture on what can fashionable ideas, blind faith, or pure fantasy possibly have to do with the scientific quest to understand the universe, by acclaimed physicist and bestselling author Roger Penrose.

The scientist argues that researchers working at the extreme frontiers of physics are just as susceptible to these forces as anyone else. In this provocative book, he argues that fashion, faith, and fantasy, while sometimes productive and even essential in physics, may be leading today’s researchers astray in three of the field’s most important areas - string theory, quantum mechanics, and cosmology.

Book signing will take place after the lecture.