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SUMMARY:SCISOC TALK - Our cosmic origins: everything from nothing - Profes
 sor Carlos Frenk\, Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham Univer
 sity
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CONTACT:Benjamin Beresford-Jones
DESCRIPTION:Cosmology confronts some of the most fundamental questions in 
 the whole of science. How and when did our universe begin? What is it made
  of? How did galaxies and other cosmic structures form? Professor Carlos F
 renk\, one of the originators of the Cold Dark Matter theory\, will discus
 s the enormous progress there has been towards answering these questions i
 n recent decades. He will explore how recent observations have established
  that our universe contains an unexpected mix of components: ordinary atom
 s\, exotic dark matter and a new form of energy called dark energy. Profes
 sor Frenk will show us how gigantic surveys of galaxies reveal how the uni
 verse is structured and how large supercomputer simulations allow us to re
 create the evolution of the universe\, (comma) providing the means to rela
 te processes occurring (sp) near the beginning with observations of the un
 iverse today. His talk will examine the current picture of cosmic evolutio
 n that is beginning to emerge\, going back to a tiny fraction of a second 
 after the Big Bang\, and how fundamental issues such as the identity of de
 lete - [the] dark matter and the nature of delete - [the] dark energy rema
 in unresolved.\n\nProfessor Carlos Frenk is one of the originators of the 
 Cold Dark Matter theory for the origin of galaxies and cosmic structures i
 n the Universe. He has done pioneering work on the development of large co
 mputer simulations recreating the growth and evolution of cosmic structure
 s. Currently\, he is the director of the Institute for Computational Cosmo
 logy in Durham (UK) and Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics. He is also
  one of the leading figures in the Virgo Consortium for Cosmological Super
 computer Simulations. In 2014\, the British Royal Astronomical Society awa
 rded him the Gold Medal in honour of his outstanding achievements in the f
 ield of cosmology.\n\nFree for members\, £3 for non-members. Membership c
 an be purchased on the door for £12.
LOCATION:Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre\, Tennis Court Road
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