Is what we see all there is?

BRISBANE

Join John Dickson and special guests Peter Harrison, Luke Barnes, and Sarah Sweet for this conversation, plus all the things you love about the Undeceptions Podcast.

Tickets are strictly limited, so book now and join us as we undeceive ourselves and let the truth out … in person!

DATE: Thursday 18th July 2024
TIME: 7:30 – 9:00pm
LOCATION: State Library of QLD, Auditorium 1 – Stanley Place, South Brisbane
TICKETS: $45

Our Guests

Peter Harrison

Peter Harrison is a Professorial Research Fellow and the Director of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Queensland. He was previously the Idreos Professor of Science and Religion and Director of the Ramsey Centre at the University of Oxford.

Sarah Sweet

Dr Sarah Sweet is a Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics & ARC Discovery Early Career Research Fellow at the University of Queensland. Her research interests are in the formation and evolution of galaxies, investigating how the fundamental properties of galaxies affect their transition from the diverse, irregular shapes in the distant, long-ago Universe, to the grand-design spirals and puffy elliptical galaxies in the nearby, present-day Universe.

Luke Barnes

Dr Luke Barnes is a Senior Lecturer in astronomy and cosmology at Western Sydney University. The focus of his research has been the cosmic evolution of matter, and he has published papers in the field of galaxy formation and evolution, and on the fine-tuning of the universe for life. He completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge and is the author of A Fortunate Universe: Life in a Finely Tuned Cosmos with Geraint Lewis and The Cosmic Revolutionary’s Handbook (Or: How to Beat the Big Bang) published by Cambridge University Press.

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