Lexington Community Education presents: The Past and Future of Our Universe - An Evening with Abraham Loeb

"Previous generations of scholars have wondered occasionally about the long-term future, or in biblical terms: the forecast for “acharit ha'yamim”.  For the first time in history, we now have a “standard cosmological model” which agrees with a large body of data about the past history of the Universe to an unprecedented precision.  This model makes scientific predictions for the future." - Abraham Loeb

Abraham (Avi) Loeb is an American/Israeli theoretical physicist who works on astrophysics and cosmology.  Loeb has worked on a broad range of research areas in astrophysics and cosmology, including the first stars, the epoch of reionization, the formation and evolution of massive black holes, gravitational lensing by planets, gamma-ray bursts at high redshifts, 21cm cosmology, and imaging black hole silhouettes. Some of his papers are considered as pioneering in areas that have become by now the focus of established communities of astrophysicists. In particular, Loeb was among the first theorists to trigger the current research on the first stars and quasars, and the earliest gamma-ray bursts. 

In 2006 Loeb was featured in a cover story of Time magazine on the first stars and in a Scientific American article on the “Dark Ages of the Universe.” In 2008 Loeb was featured in a cover story of Smithsonian magazine on black holes and in two cover stories of Astronomy Magazine, one on the collision between the Milky Way and Andromeda, and the second on the future state of our Universe. In 2009, Loeb reviewed in a Scientific American article a new technique for imaging black hole silhouettes.

The cost of this evening's event is $10.00.  Pre-registration is strongly recommended, using a MasterCard or VISA, by contacting Lexington Community Education at 781 862 8043.