MLA Faculty Spotlight Lecture: Einstein's Cosmic Legacy
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Webinar
This Faculty Spotlight Lecture will feature Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) faculty member and UChicago Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics Rocky Kolb leading a discussion about the life, work, and legacy of the Nobel Prize winner who revolutionized our understanding of the cosmos and whose name has become synonymous with Genius.
Professor Kolb’s talk will cover Einstein’s biography, provide an accessible overview of the Theory of Relativity, and explore the ways in which much of today’s new scientific discoveries remain in Albert Einstein’s debt.
Speaker Bio
Edward Kolb
Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the College
Edward W. Kolb is a Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. He was the founding head of the NASA/Fermilab Astrophysics Group at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. In addition to more than 200 scientific papers, he is a coauthor of The Early Universe, the standard textbook on particle physics and cosmology. His book for the general public, Blind Watchers of the Sky (winner of the 1996 Emme Award from the AAS), is the story of the people and ideas that shaped our view of the universe. Kolb was awarded the Quantrell Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Oersted Medal of the American Association of Physics Teachers.
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