Monthly Public Lecture  
Date/Time: Friday October 20 2006 at 7:00pm  
Title:  

"Mathematics, the Stars and Black Holes"

By Dr. Peter Duffy,  UCD.
                                        

            
Description: Peter Duffy will show how maths is important and necessary for our understanding of the Universe about us.  It is in fact, among other things, the structure that helps us to make sense of how Black Holes exist although we cannot actually see them.  Dr. Duffy the relevancy of maths to astronomy and space sciences without actually using too much maths. Eddington, Chandrasekhar and Einstein have each made immense contributions
to the the theories of stars and black holes. We will look at their accomplishments
and how they used the power of mathematics. This will be done in an intuitive and
non-technical manner. We wil also focus on recent astronomical observations and
images that underping their work"



Peter Duffy is a Theoretical Astrophysicist working at UCD. He specialises in the
theory of cosmic explosions and plasma physics.

NB: Note start time is 7:00pm       

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Venue: Schrodinger Theatre, Physics Building, Trinity College, Dublin 2.
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Admission: € 5 (€ 3 members and concessions)