Astronomer Will Present Lectures on Physics and Faith

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Astronomer and author Dr. Hugh Ross will present two lectures on physics and faith on Monday, March 5, on the Baylor University campus. The events are free and open to the public.

The first lecture, "Taking Copernicus Too Far," will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in Room D110 of the Baylor Sciences Building (BSB). The second lecture, "Do Physics and Faith Converge?" will be held at 7 p.m. Monday in Room B110 of the BSB.

Ross is an internationally known speaker and president of Reasons to Believe, a ministry devoted to integrating science and faith. He is author of 11 books including "Why the Universe is the Way It is" and "Hidden Treasures in the Book of Job." He received his doctoral degree in astronomy from the University of Toronto and researched quasars and galaxies as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology.

The events are sponsored by the departments of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences at Baylor, the School of Engineering and Computer Science, Baylor's Student Chapter of the American Scientific Affiliation and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.

For more information, contact the department of physics at (254) 710-2511.

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