MEDIA CONTACT:  Lisa Freed

561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu

FAU Frontiers in Science Lecture Series  

Einstein and God

WHAT:                                              Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science presents its final lecture of its Spring 2006 series – “Einstein and God.”

WHEN:                                              Thursday, March 16, 2006

                                                            3:30 p.m.

WHERE:                                           FAU Boca Raton Campus

                                                           Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Center

                                                           Room 126

COST:                                               Free and open to the public

CONTACT NUMBER:                   Patsy Jones – 561-297-1307

DESCRIPTION:                             Albert Einstein, the greatest intellect of his age, was both a scientist and a humanist.  His scientific reputation invested credibility in his opinions on ethics, morality and society.  In this lecture, Dr. Nathan W. Dean – dean of the Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and professor of physics at FAU – will discuss Einstein’s own writings that are used to explore his views on the nature of God and the conclusions he reached regarding science, religion and humankind.  Einstein’s devotion to relativism and determinism in science are contrasted with the religious philosophy he publicly supported, as well as with the ethical and social judgments of his later years.

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