Hutton Honors College
— Are We Alone? The Search for Other Planets
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Pizza Discussion Supper: "Are We Alone? The Search for Other Planets"—with astronomer Geoffrey Marcy of the University of California at Berkeley.
This is a small-group program and requires participants to sign up in advance. Participants must be IU undergraduates and must sign up using the established procedures. For complete sign-up procedures, click here.
Described as a gifted lecturer as well as an outstanding scientist, Professor Marcy has received many awards, including Discover magazine's 2003 Space Scientist of the Year and the Carl Sagan Award for his contributions to public understanding of science, and has appeared on such programs as NBC's The Today Show, CBS Nightly News, and the Late Show with David Letterman. The supper is co-sponsored by the Honors College and the Wells Scholars Program. Professor Marcy, on campus as a Patten Lecturer, will deliver his first lecture on "Planets, Yellowstone, and Prospects for Life in the Universe" on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 7:30 p.m. His second, on "Hunting for Solar Systems with Earth-Like Planets," will be Thursday, Oct. 14, also at 7:30 p.m. Both lectures will be presented in Rawles 100 and are free and open to the public. Read about Marcy's WorkBack to Fall 2004 Programs List |
Is there life elsewhere in the
Universe? Geoffrey Marcy and his team
of planet-finders have discovered most of the more than 100 extra-solar
planets that have been found to date, and he is credited with creating a
new branch of astronomy. In studying the physical characteristics of
planets and their solar systems, he has, as an IU faculty member has
observed, "opened the imaginations of people throughout the globe with his
visions of worlds beyond our own."