Nobel Laureate Dr. John C. Mather to Present Lecture

Nobel Laureate Dr. John C. Mather, senior astrophysicist at
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, will present “Life,
Liberty, and the Pursuit of Understanding in the Age of Science” at  the first Ira Hamburg Memorial Lecture on
Sunday, October 13, at 12:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fairfax
(UUCF). 

The project scientist for the
James Webb Space Telescope will describe the history of the universe, from the
beginning to the end – how does the expanding universe lead to life, and where
are "we" going? 

Dr. Mather, who received his Bachelor’s degree in physics at
Swarthmore College and his Ph.D. in physics at the University of California at
Berkeley, has been invited to discuss the exciting prospect of the James Webb telescope

and how its output will expand human knowledge about the universe in ways that
may challenge our current understanding of science and religion.  

Childcare will be available during the lecture.

The lecture is free and open to the public.