Prof Henry Schaefer

Director, Center for Computational Chemistry, University of Georgia

Schedule:

1300 hours, 25th January, 2008

Synopsis

The evolution of universe, its content have always been debatable even after stephen hawking discussed them in "A Brief History of Time" , still the subject of cosmology; more generally, poses many questions about the interface between science and theism, and some of these will be explored in the much awaited lecture. Discussing god's contribution in the making of universe while answering and commenting on the some of the never answered questions like extent and content dimensons of the universe; its beginning, its creation, its irreversibilty ,its eternity, what governs laws and constant of physics. Mr Schaeffer gives his stand on these debatable topics. Hear the nobel nominee himself answer and comment some of the untouched aspects of the mighty universe @ Techfest 2008.

About the speaker:

Professor Henry F. (Fritz) Schaefer is one of the most distinguished physical scientists in the world. The U.S. News and World Report cover story of December 23, 1991 speculated that Professor Schaefer is a “five time nominee for the Nobel Prize.” He is the author of a large number of scientific publications, and was the 6th most cited chemist from 1981 to 1997. He has received four of the most prestigious awards of the American Chemical Society, as well as the most highly esteemed award (the Centenary Medal) given to a non-British subject by London’s Royal Society of Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Moreover, his general interest lectures on science and religion have riveted large audiences in nearly all the major universities in the U.S.A. and in Beijing, Berlin, Budapest, Calcutta, Cape Town, New Delhi, Hong Kong, Istanbul, London, Paris, Prague, Sarajevo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Tokyo, Warsaw, Zagreb, and Zürich.
Professor Schaefer is also a prominent proponent of intelligent design. He is a Fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, the hub of the intelligent design movement, and the International Society for Complexity, Information and Design, and a signer of the Discovery Institute's anti-evolution letter, A Scientific Dissent from Darwinism.
For 18 years Dr. Schaefer was a faculty member at the University of California at Berkeley, where he remains Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. Since 1987 Dr. Schaefer has been Graham Perdue Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Center for Computational Chemistry at the University of Georgia.

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